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Dog death anguish

By Mike Hast A CRIB Point family of four has been devastated by the killing of its much-loved Jack Russell terrier by a pit bull– ridgeback cross at Hastings railway station.

The attack occurred at about 3pm on Friday 3 February when Fiona Mawson walked into the station’s waiting room with her 11-year-old terrier Lucy.

“The bigger dog was sitting with its master who was not holding the leash,” Ms Mawson said.

“In a flash the dog rushed across and grabbed my dog as I tried to pick it up.”

Lucy was grabbed by the belly and shaken violently. The dog’s owner did nothing to stop the attack and later ran away with his dog.

Ms Mawson tried to prise its jaws apart and sustained a fin-

ger injury. She managed to push down on the lower jaw of the attacking dog and it momentarily released its grip.

She picked up the bleeding Lucy, holding in her torn guts, and was driven to Hastings Vet Clinic by two strangers, a mother and her teenage daughter who had been waiting on the platform.

Dr Megan Semple, another vet and three nurses tried to save the little dog.

Ms Mawson said the attack pierced Lucy’s heart, lungs, pancreas and liver and broke several ribs.

Dr Semple said Lucy “fought hard but died on the operating table after about an hour of surgery”.

“It was amazing that she even lived until Fiona got her to the clinic as she had three or four life-threatening injuries,” Dr Semple said.

“It was a very upsetting incident for all our staff.”

Dr Semple said it was one of the worst dog attack case she had worked on for some time.

The death of Lucy has also saddened senior citizens at Southcare Lodge in Hastings where Ms Mawson works as a kitchenhand and cleaner.

“Lucy was a regular visitor at Southcare and other places I’ve worked,” she said. “She was much loved by many of the older people I work for; she would sit on their laps and was a very placid dog.”

Ms Mawson, 44, reported the attack to police, but was disappointed to be told there was nothing they could do as it was not a criminal offence.

On Monday, Sergeant Jamie Stuart of Hastings police said it would be a criminal offence if a dog attacked a person, but Mornington Peninsula Shire

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Grieving: Fiona Mawson and Sue Langford at Hastings station with a photo of their terrier Lucy, also above left, who they say was fatally injured by a pit bull–ridgeback cross in an unprovoked attack. Picture: Yanni

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Rare parrot stalls

By Mike Hast STEFAN Borzecki shakes his head as he walks through bushland near his marina at Yaringa, which he wants to expand from 600 to 1000 wet and dry berths for recreational boats. “The orange-bellied parrot hasn’t been seen here since 1987,� he says, pointing to saltmarsh near the waters of Western Port.

At what stage do we as a nation set aside growth and development, and all that goes with it including the creation of jobs, for creatures and plants that are critically endangered, he asks. “I’ve spent close to $1 million on studies covering Aboriginal heritage, flora and fauna, economic viability, acid sulphate soils, coastal hazards relating to predicted sea level rise, water circulation, landscape and fire risk, and an environment management plan. “An expanded marina would generate 200 jobs, and we sure need these after the loss of jobs at BlueScope in Hastings last year when the company closed the hot strip mill.�

Mr Borzecki’s expansion plans, which include 180 holiday apartments beside a proposed new marina arm on his land and Crown land, made national news last week when The Australian newspaper, ABC radio news and other outlets reported a rare parrot was holding up the $50 million project. “I’ve done my best to meet the requirements of the federal government’s EPBC Act [Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999],� he told The News during an inspection of the site on Saturday.

Mr Borzecki says he has become the meat in the sandwich as pro-development and pro-conservation forces battle it out over the fate of rare species, with the almost extinct orange-bellied parrot the symbol this time around of what has occurred in Australia since European settlement 224 years ago.

Australia has the world’s worst record for species loss says the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

The parrot is one of the world’s rarest birds and the rarest in Australia with about 50 birds estimated to be left in the wild. A recovery plan was produced in 1984 and about 200 birds have been bred in captive breeding programs.

But the parrot, known as the OBP in the bird and conservation worlds, faces a multitude of threats including loss of habitat, disease, loss of genetic variation, storms during migration, and destruction of nest sites, eggs and chicks by fire.

They are killed by feral cats in Tasmania, foxes and cats on the mainland, and European starlings compete vigorously with them for nest sites.

In 2006, Liberal government Environment Minister Ian Campbell cited the parrot as a reason to refuse a $200 million wind farm at Bald Hills in south Gippsland.

Last week the federal Opposition’s Environment spokesman, Greg Hunt – who has an office in Hastings and is the MP for Flinders – weighed in to the debate.

He reportedly said the marina project

had been stalled by Department of Environment red tape, which “undermines confidence in the environmental process�.

He told ABC radio: “There is no parrot, there hasn’t been a parrot for five years, for 10 years, for 15, for 20, or even for a quarter of a century. “When projects which will deliver 200 jobs are stopped for reasons not of a dead parrot but an imaginary parrot, there are problems in the system and the minister [Tony Burke] needs to step in.�

Mr Hunt’s statements to the media have caused a flap in the conservation world.

The Southern Peninsula Indigenous Flora and Fauna Aassociation questions why Mr Hunt “can support the annexation of Crown land for a private marina development by an individual for profit�.

A spokesman said: “This is in a Ramsar site and adjacent to a marine national park. The local jobs angle is not a good enough reason by any stretch “While it may be OK for [Mr Borzecki] to construct a canal on his own private land, subject to the usual constraints and conditions, most of the development requires the acquisition of Crown foreshore reserve and completely disrupts or eliminates the coastal habitat corridor. “While there is much good work being done by a lot of people to recreate habitat corridors over the entire shire, the first principle of habitat conservation is retention of existing biodiversity.�

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Yaringa marina expansion On Bird-O, which says it is Australia’s biggest birdwatching website and supports bird and wildlife-related tourism and business, it was reported that “the world population of orangebellied parrots has dropped from just 35 to 21 birds”.

“Should we really be scapegoating near-extinct animals as an excuse for our own lack of will to manage environmental problems?

“Readers without an existing knowledge of environmental legislation would be forgiven for thinking that this is a travesty of natural justice.

“Yet the [federal] environmental assessment process doesn’t focus specifically or entirely on OBPs. “Let’s not forget that protection of the environment is about maintaining healthy functioning ecosystems. It’s not just about extinction of rare birds and animals. “[Let’s] not whinge about having to do environmental protection [and put] the blame ... unfairly ... on a small bird.”

On Saturday, Mr Borzecki said the marina expansion would not be on the saltmarsh, the parrots’ habitat.

“It’s 100 metres away and there is a vegetation barrier,” he said.

When he first started planning the expansion, he bought 200 hectares (500 acres) on the north-west corner of French Island. You can see the land from Yaringa.

It is part of the old “Energy” precinct of the island. In 1893 the Victorian government established seven village settlements on the island for 200 peo-

ple – Energy, Star of Hope, Callanan’s, Perseverance, Industrial, Kiernan’s and Grant Homestead Association.

He has offered 40 hectares of saltmarsh – OBP habitat – for a state park plus an adjoining section of 40ha foreshore reserve on the island. This is to offset the loss of eight hectares for the new marina section and its apartments.

“If and when the parrots return, they’ll have far more habitat.”

Birdos who would perhaps be described as brutally pragmatic say the orange-bellied parrot is a “goner” no matter what we do.

One The News spoke to on Sunday, who did not want to be named “or I’ll be strung up”, said the parrot was a lost cause years ago.

“Governments, conservationists and others would be better off expending their energies on saving what can be saved,” they said.

Asked if they had seen an OBP in 30 years of bird counting in the region: “No.” Other conservationists say Mr Borzecki has done a good job at Yaringa over nearly 30 years. He has developed the precinct with its 15 marine services business, which employ about 60-70 people, in an environmentally sensitive manner.

Dogs are excluded from the marina precinct, indigenous trees have been planted, the place is well run with tight control of sewage and garbage disposal from yachts.

Mr Borzecki said if he was allowed to expand the marina “it would enable me to upgrade the existing facilities,

including building impermeable walls in the existing channel and new walkways”.

“Mornington Peninsula Shire aims to sewer the whole peninsula: ask them where this area is on the list,” he said.

“There are many places unsewered including Portsea, Sorrento, Blairgowrie and Rye, and they’ll be done long before this part of rural Somerville.”

He said if the marina projects goes ahead, a sewer main would be put in and other residents would be able to connect to it.

Mr Borzecki said the marina application went to the federal environment department almost a year ago. “It’s taken too long. The plans have been submitted to the shire council, the state government and now Canberra,” he said.

“I might give up if I can’t get permission this year.”

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Family in tune for work unity Road closed: Mornington Peninsula Shire plans to sell and close off the south end of Alfred St, Hastings, to make way for the expansion of the Kmart building.

Shire plans land sale to developer SUBMISSIONS close this week on a plan by Mornington Peninsula Shire to sell and close a section of Alfred St, Hastings.

The shire wants to sell the road next to Kmart for close to $900,000.

It is understood that the owner of the building housing the Kmart complex, Hastings Retail Investments Pty Ltd, wants to extend across Alfred St to Queen St. The company has been buying properties at the corner of Queen and Elizabeth streets for some time, but there are two lots yet to be acquired.

Adding confusion to the deal with

the shire is action brought in the Supreme Court between Hastings Retail Investments Pty Ltd and Owenlaw Mortgagee Managers.

The shire says it will call a committee meeting if it receives one or more submissions about the proposed sale.

Submissions must be received by team leader property strategy manager Jim Houlahan by 17 February.

If the sale goes through, the northern section of Alfred St will be closed to through traffic with pedestrian access being provided between High St and the proposed new development.

LATE last year, the Maritime Union of Australia went in search of a new anthem or song that would encapsulate the history of the union or express what the union is, does and has achieved.

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Christ Swayn accepted the challenge of putting music to his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lyrics and produced music that was both seafaring in its feel and boisterous enough to catch the ear of the listener.

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Dr Anthony Miceli is moving his practice to Red Hill Medical Centre while the other two doctors at Hastings Medical Centre near Coles supermarket, Bernie Boon and Sue Homolka, are going to Somerville Village Medical Centre.

The three will be at their new addresses from 20 February.

The move leaves The Hastings Clinic in Victoria St, Hastings, as the town’s sole medical centre. It also has three doctors.

In a letter to patients Drs Miceli, Boon and Homolka said the decision to amalgamate their clinic with those at Red Hill and Somerville was made “because of the increasing difficulty of providing the coverage and timeliness of service we aim for, with our limited size of operation”.

Current patient records had been electronically transferred to Red Hill and Somerville while paper records dating back to 1982 “are now obsolete and will be destroyed on 1 June 2012”.

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The closure has surprised and irritated many patients and other Hastings residents.

Denise Palmer of Hastings Police Senior Citizens Register said she was appalled at the decision.

“A lot of older people don’t drive and the public transport in Hastings is woeful,” she said.

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By Mike Hast MOOROODUC will be the site of Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main railway museum with plans in train for a multi-million dollar centre on land leased to Mornington Railway Preservation Society.

The society has formed an alliance with the Australian Railway Historical Society, which has a railway museum at Williamstown North near the old Newport rail workshops.

The museum has been closed for about two years as the society addresses health and safety issues, including contaminated soil, although it is set to reopen later this year.

There is not enough room at Williamstown North to expand the museum. Victoria is the only state without a comprehensive rail museum.

The Mornington society runs a heritage train between Moorooduc and Mornington three times a month. The popular tourist trains started in 1999 after the society was granted operating rights to the line by the state government in 1991.

The Mornington spur line from Baxter was closed by the Liberal government in 1981 after 92 years of operation.

The two societies are about to sign an agreement and have been lobbying state and local government to support the museum project.

Mornington Peninsula Shire has been briefed about the project and given it enthusiastic support.

Mornington Railwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 11-hectare (27-acre) site on the Moorooduc Highway is leased from VicTrack and

Biggest boy: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heavy Harryâ&#x20AC;?, an H class steam locomotive belonging to Australian Railway Historical Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s museum, would make tracks from Williamstown North to Moorooduc under a bold plan to build the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main railway museum on the peninsula.

would be shared by the two societies.

Malcolm Swaine of MR said preliminary plans included a two-storey museum, a restaurant shared by the two groups, and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;round houseâ&#x20AC;? over

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Mr Swaine said the complex would be a world-class rail museum, â&#x20AC;&#x153;not just tracks and rolling stockâ&#x20AC;?.

There would be a cinema showing historic films and static displays.

More than 70 volunteers of Mornington Railway keep alive the tradition of steam trains and historic passengers cars.

They meet two days a week and have three teams: engineers, blokes who run the railway on Sundays â&#x20AC;&#x201C; catering, ticket sellers and marshalls â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and administrators.

Ian Jenkin of ARHS said it was a long-term plan that would require strong government backing.

ARHS members have visited the Moorooduc site three times and been impressed with Mornington Railwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s set-up as well as the land available for a museum.

At Williamstown North, the society has 15 Victorian Railways steam locomotives, ranging from the diminutive F class up to the H class, the largest locomotive to operate in Victoria and known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heavy Harryâ&#x20AC;?.

There are also VR steam cranes, diesel locomotives, electric locomotives, suburban and country passenger carriages, guardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vans and freight wagons.

Australian Railway Historical Society was founded in 1945 and has 750 members. Its museum opened in 1962. ď Ž Mornington Railway runs tourists trains three Sundays a month. Tickets are $15 adults, $8 children and $12 concession. Details: 1300 767 274 or email mrpssecretary@live.com. More information including train times: www.morningtonrailway.org.au

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Traveller: Australian grayling have been tracked going downstream to breed in the Bunyip River estuary in Western Port.

Bunyip provides fish facts RADIO transmitters have tracked native fish heading down a river to breed in a Western Port estuary.

Researchers from the Department of Sustainability and Environment’s Arthur Rylah Institute used modern technology to provide groundbreaking insights into the migration and breeding habits of the mysterious and threatened Australian grayling (Prototroctes maraena) fish.

The study traced Australian grayling swimming towards the mouth of the Bunyip River near Tooradin.

“The research on the Australian grayling in the Bunyip River near Koo Wee Rup was aiming to determine where they migrate to and what triggers migration and spawning,” fish ecologist Wayne Koster said.

“The findings plug substantial gaps in our knowledge of the species’ movement and spawning behaviours that have previously limited our ability to develop targeted management strategies for the grayling.

“We found for the first time that Australian grayling undertook rapid, long-distance, downstream migrations to spawn in autumn, in response to in-

creased stream flows. Some fish travelled up to 40 kilometres within a few days to the lower reaches of the river.”

The work involved surgically implanting 20mm-long acoustic transmitters into adult fish to trace their movements throughout the Bunyip River.

“The study has also identified specific breeding grounds, in fresh water just upstream of the estuary,” Mr Koster said.

“The information will assist the managers of our rivers as they make decisions on the use of environmental flows and other conservation initiatives for Australian grayling.”

The researchers used fine mesh nets to capture Australian grayling eggs (about 1mm in diameter) and used genetic testing to confirm identification.

“The research found that if flows decreased, the fish would stop their downstream migration, before recommencing migration when the flows resumed,” Mr Koster said.

“These results show that loss of natural stream flows and barriers to movement can be especially detrimental to Australian grayling populations.”

By Brian Stahl I WOULD like to offer an alternative view on Pelican Pantry following the comment article by David Harrison (‘Never mind the cost, feel the publicity’, The News, 7/2/12) and the front page story in The News (Pantry faces hard times’, 31/1/12).

Although Pelican Park Recreation Centre and Pantry was officially opened during my term as a Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor, the decision to build the excellent facility was made prior to my election to the council.

Having said that though, having been a resident of Hastings for 37 years prior to that, I applauded the “bold initiate” of the councillors of the time for going against the trend and establishing at Hastings the first of a planned three aquatic centres for the peninsula.

Pelican Park replaced the old Hastings pool, which was an open air saltwater pool built in 1936 that hosted swimming carnivals for people across the peninsula and Melbourne.

The foreshore where Pelican Park stands today, enjoyed by many locals and visitors, was reclaimed from Western Port by a land-filled tip starting in 1965. It was alongside the old pool and directly opposite the Shire of Hastings offices.

The criticism being levelled at Pelican Pantry from a dollar point of view ignores the “social good” that such a facility brings to a town like Hastings

and the peninsula.

The council decided to build Pelican Park Recreation Centre as it recognised the statistically proven social disadvantage that existed in Hastings and acted to address that in a practical way by also including a training cafe rather than just another kiosk.

Without doubt history will record the significant impact Pelican Park had on changing forever the previously negative image of Hastings, which was generally held by many who didn’t reside or earn their living here.

The number of people from across the peninsula and Melbourne who have visited and used the wonderful facilities is testimony to that. It has helped put Hastings on the map.

In the comment piece by David Harrison, to illustrate his point he refers to the 47 people trained in 200708 and 2009-10 and the $1 million lost, but failed to acknowledge the number of people who received a “chance in life” in the previous years.

All up, Pelican Pantry training cafe since it opened in 2003 has conducted 37 programs offering 410 people, many long term unemployed or socially challenged, an opportunity to learn a skill and turn their life around.

Sure it can be claimed there was absenteeism and disinterest from some who entered the program, but that only highlights the crying need to show them other options in life.

Having met trainees on the job and participated in many of the graduation

ceremonies for those who successfully completed their courses, I came to appreciate that the value to our community of programs such as the training cafe cannot be measured in dollars only.

I remember on one occasion presenting a graduation certificate to a person of mature age who had lived with a disability and had never worked, witnessing the tears running down the face of her dad as he shared her pride and joy of achievement.

Sure there are many people who believe council and its executives should just stick to “repairing roads, pruning rates and taking away our rubbish”, but council then would be derelict in its duty, failing to address the everpresent and growing social needs of the residents of all ages and abilities under their care.

I appeal to the council to recognise all aspects of the benefit, particularly the social good that Pelican Park Recreation Centre and Pantry has delivered to Hastings since opening and take care not to rush its decision on future management of the Pantry.

Not always should the bottom line determine the decisions that the council makes.  Brian Stahl, OAM, JP, was a councillor on the Shire of Hastings 1987-94 including shire president in 1992-93.

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Accidental rise of a mumpreneur

By Keith Platt NICKY Johnston became a businesswoman – a publisher – almost by accident. The self-described mumpreneur was catapulted into the business world on the back of a book she wrote and illustrated to help her oldest son overcome anxiety.

Go Away, Mr Worrythoughts! was handwritten and pasted together, but she was encouraged to have it published after reading it to her son Bayley’s class and lending it to teachers.

The book and its Happythoughts are Everywhere sequel have been reprinted several times and Johnston now heads a home-based business in Langwarrin that has extended into public speaking and showbiz. Book sales have topped 10,000 and the latest reprints totalled 12,000.

The stage version of Go Away, Mr Worrythoughts! is the first show produced by Frankston Arts Centre. The show, like the book, deals with anxiety and guiding children away from worrisome thoughts. Johnston says art centre manager Robin Batt asked her about turning Go Away, Mr Worrythoughts! into a stage production.

“She had seen me speak and then spent 18 months arranging funding and production. It’s now been staged in 40 schools and seen by more than 8000 children.”

Although the second book “shows how to keep going” and maintain defences against anxiety, “it’s a follow up but you don’t need to have read the first one”.

While used to a growing groundswell of acceptance after the publication of Go Away, Mr Worrythoughts!, Johnston was unprepared for what followed – an on-air interview on radio station 3AW with morning show host Neil Mitchell.

“I’d bought 10 stamps on my way to the interview thinking I might get a few orders. But my phone started ringing from the time I left the studio and by the time I got home there were 250 orders on my website.”

The radio station’s phone lines were jammed and its website crashed. The

Homework: Author and illustrator Nicky Johnston with two of her four sons, Asher, 5, and Bowen, 1.

sales meant that she was able to pay the print bill without borrowing. A year later, when Mitchell interviewed Johnston about the follow-up book, the station put in a second receptionist in anticipation of feedback.

The “light bulb” moment when Johnston realised she was a businesswoman – or mumpreneur – came in August last year while attending a conference in Sydney organised by the Connect2Mums organisation in conjunction with the AusMumpreneur Awards, where Johnston was one of five finalists out of 100 entrants.

“As I sat there, I realised that I am running a business and came away determined to draw up a business plan, with goals and time frames.”

The other big revelation was that many of the conference attendees wanted to start a business to earn money while Johnston’s motivation had been to help parents confronted by a worrying situation. Now she has a business plan (written with help from husband Andrew on butcher’s paper hanging from the back of a door) and

more definite ideas of how her business, “Happy Hero – Helping little worriers find happiness”, will develop.

Trained as a primary school teacher, Johnston remains a regular in the classroom as an incursion teacher hired by the RACV to teach road safety.

“That’s my real job and it keeps me in the loop with education.”

She also continues to hand draw and frame motivational cards that are sold at markets or made on request.

Slogans also adorn the walls of her house, with those on white boards and a blackboard being regularly changed.

“The children read them and I change them without saying anything, so they’ll get the message without me telling them to read it.”

A mother of four, Johnston says her involvement with treating anxiety in children helps her “pick kids in the class who are anxious and tailor my approach to involve them”.

At public speaking engagements she often shares the stage with psychologists who “welcome” her personal experience and see it as a balance with

their professional training.

“I give them credibility,” Johnston says. “It is difficult to understand anxiety; it’s like trying to describe a colour to someone who has never seen it.”

Johnston has now taken complete control over the marketing and distribution of her books, retaining up to 80 per cent of the retail price that went to distributors and bookshops.

Most sales come directly from orders on her website and bookshops generally buy copies on request from customers rather than hold stock.

Part of Johnston’s business plan is to enter as many business awards as possible, seeing them as a valuable marketing tool as well as an opportunity for networking and self-analysis of her own business. Last year she won the mayoral special recognition award at the business excellence awards run by Frankston and Mornington Peninsula councils.

“I find discussing the progression of my accidental business quite uplifting as sometimes it is this process that forces reflection on how far I have

come, how much has been achieved and what possibilities lay ahead for a mum who stumbled into business,” Johnston said.

“Business was not my goal but the process to reach my goal. Support agencies all tackle problems for people aged 12 and over; there was no one to help parents or teachers with younger children.”

Being author and illustrator of her books is “my niche, my main point of difference”.

She has several other books in mind, but is also exploring a series of ehandbooks for children, parents and teachers that would not be printed.

Johnston’s decision to be a teacher and stand in front of a class followed her own early years as an “anxious child”.

“I also had post-natal depression after having Bayley, so I know where he got it from – me. Now, I’m not worried about public speaking because I know what I am doing.”

The hardest thing Johnston has done “was going before the judges to get my black belt in karate”.

“I had treatment after the post-natal depression and it made me realise I had been living my life with anxiety.

“I believe Bayley had a level of depression as well. He didn’t laugh or feel any real sense of joy until he was about 10, and that’s a long time in a little person’s life.

“I wrote the book and read it to him.

It was all for him.”

When she was urged to publish Go Away, Mr Worrythoughts! Johnston Googled “how to publish a book”.

That book has led to Johnston growing into the role of running a business and seen her inspiration, Bayley, now 13, start secondary school with a confidence and outlook that once never seemed possible.

And, if you have a worrythought?: “Ask yourself if you can control it. If yes, make the change, if no, let it go.”

Courtesy BusinessTimes, www.businesstimes.net.au

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Dredging returns to the bay

By Mike Hast THE 84-metre long dredger Brisbane arrived in Port Phillip on Monday last week and started 35 days of work in the South Channel on the Tuesday.

The Port of Melbourne Corporation said hydrographic surveys had shown “declared depths in sections of the South Channel have been compromised by up to 0.6 of a metre”.

The work is part of 10 years of maintenance dredging to keep shipping lanes to the depths achieved by the Port of Melbourne Corporation’s controversial channel deepening project (CDP) of 2008-09.

Brisbane, a smaller version of the main CDP vessel Queen of the Netherlands, is a trailing suction hopper dredger, which works like a huge vacuum cleaner.

Sand and other matter that has been pushed into the channels by wind, waves and tide is sucked up into a hopper that can hold 2900 cubic metres.

As in 2008-09, the dredged material will be dumped off Martha Point near Safety Beach in the PoMC’s south-east dredged material ground.

Brisbane was built in 2000 for the Port of Brisbane Corporation to service major ports on the Queensland east coast. It has a crew of 13 and travels at 11 knots when fully loaded.

Port of Melbourne CEO Stephen Bradford said the work was “required as a routine part of port operations to ensure safe navigation and will involve the removal of sediment which has built up over time due to natural wave, tidal and storm events”.

Dredge away: The trailing suction hopper dredger Brisbane arrived in Port Phillip on Monday last week for 35 days of maintenance dredging in the South Channel between Rosebud and The Heads. The spoil will be dumped off Mt Martha.

“During the works, approximately 330,000 cubic metres of clean sand will be dredged from South Channel and placed in the South East Dredged Material Ground located west of Mt Martha.”

Mr Bradford said this was equivalent to about two per cent of the material dredged from the South Channel during the CDP. Mr Bradford said Brisbane would be supported by PoMC’s hydrographic survey vessel John Norgate.

He said the works would be governed by an approved Environmental Management Plan (EMP).

The port corporation submitted its draft EMP to federal and state governments on 17 November.

An updated draft was sent to the state Department of Sustainability and Environment on 8 December and approved by DSE. The plan requires PoMC to notify

DSE and the Environment Protection Authority within 24 hours if noise or turbidity levels exceed agreed limits.

A “pollution event or imminent environmental hazard” must be notified immediately.

“The need to undertake this work in South Channel has become increasingly urgent to maintain access to and from the port,” Mr Bradford said.

“As with all dredging of sand, there will be some turbidity. However, our detailed modelling drawn from our extensive previous experience indicates that it will not be long lasting and … does not pose a threat to marine life or public amenity.

“Nevertheless, we will meet the requirements of the approved EMP in both spirit and practice to undertake this necessary work in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.

“We welcome anglers and boating enthusiasts to continue to enjoy the bay

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during these works, but to do so safely by steering clear of the dredging vessel and support craft and, of course, avoiding anchoring or mooring in shipping channels at all times.”

Blue Wedges Coalition, the main objector to the CDP in 2008-09, said there had been minimal community consultation about the maintenance dredging.

Blue Wedges coordinator Jenny Warfe said the port corporation had one meeting in Rosebud last October.

“It was a ramshackle affair – only a handful of handouts, a couple of cardboard posters on wonky sticks, and no seating,” she said.

“We stood listening to several PoMC operatives delivering the usual assurances for almost two hours.

“Of course, they did not want to talk about the sudden massive erosion of Portsea front beach following channel deepening. And, like the DSE and

Office of Environment Monitor, now disbanded, although they weren’t sure what had caused it, they were sure that it was not related to the removal of almost one million tonnes of reef and rock at The Heads.”

Ms Warfe said the meeting was told maintenance dredging was planned for all channels dredged during the 200808 project, “including the north and south of the bay, Yarra River and The Heads, with up to 15 weeks of dredging a year for 10 years”.

Ms Warfe said the CDP officially ended 25 November 2009, but maintenance dredging had started in midNovember 2009.

“Maintenance dredging in the Yarra was scheduled for September 2011, so it’s been almost non-stop dredging since early 2008.

“We’ve had some mighty swift changes to southern peninsula beaches since then and several years of failed snapper spawning, although there had been good catches of adult snapper.”

Ms Warfe said a major concern of Blue Wedges was the northern DMG, in the middle of Port Phillip off Mordialloc, where toxic sludge dredged in 2008-09 was dumped.

“We have a six square kilometre, clay-sided, underwater toxic dump that is not being monitored for toxins or contaminants.

“The Port Melbourne’s EMP did not require the sediments and waters surrounding the dumpsite to be monitored for potential contaminant leakage, except for one visual inspection each year.”

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Pilgrimage to Hastings: Frank Tudball grew up in Essendon with a passion for the Bombers. In 1967, he and wife Lorna moved to the Gold Coast where he became prominent in tennis circles; he was president of Miami Tennis Club for 21 years and its courts are named after him. Frank’s never lost his passion for the Bombers, however, and when he and Lorna headed to Victoria with their caravan recently, Hastings was a “mustsee” on his bucket list. Clutching a clipping from a local newspaper of 2004, Frank headed to the Hastings Newsagency and was soon put in touch with Peter McCullough who told him the story behind the statue. “It was worth the trip,” Frank said.

The Western Port Whisperer FLINDERS MP Greg Hunt’s statements to the media last week about the orangebellied parrot holding up the Yaringa marina expansion (see pages 2 and 3) reminded the Whisperer of Monty Python’s famous and hilarious “Dead Parrot Sketch”, alternatively and originally known as the “Pet Shop Sketch” or “Parrot Sketch”.

This is where John Cleese as an unhappy customer and Michael Palin as a pet shop owner argue over the state of a Norwegian Blue parrot that Cleese has just bought.

Cleese is enraged when Palin says the parrot is just resting.

Cleese: ’E’s not pinin’! ’E’s passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! ’E’s expired and gone to meet ’is maker! ’E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, ’e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed ’im to the perch ’e’d be pushing up the daisies! ’Is metabolic processes are now ’istory! ’E’s off the twig! ’E’s kicked the bucket, ’e’s shuffled off ’is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT! On ABC radio, Mr Hunt said the orange-

bellied parrot had not been seen in the Yaringa area for many years, which is true.

He said: “There is no parrot, there hasn’t been a parrot for five years, for 10 years, for 15, for 20, or even for a quarter of a century.

“When projects which will deliver 200 jobs are stopped for reasons not of a dead parrot but an imaginary parrot there are problems in the system and the minister needs to step in”.

He had earlier told The Australian that this was the sort of “bureaucratic red tape that undermines confidence in the environmental process”.

“It is ludicrous that a major project which will create hundreds of local jobs has been put on hold because one day an orange-bellied parrot may decide to fly over the area, even though they have not been seen in this location for a quarter of a century.”

He said Environment Minister Tony Burke “must make it absolutely clear whether he believes a system which stops a project of critical state importance for an imaginary parrot is acceptable”. thewhisperer@y7mail.com

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Deadly fungus on peninsula

By Mike Hast ONE of the most destructive plant diseases to invade Australia has been found on the Mornington Peninsula, the first occurrence in Victoria.

Myrtle rust is a fungus that has the potential to harm nursery and forestry industries as well as public parks, gardens and native forests.

The Department of Primary Industries says the “destructive plant disease” was found at a retail nursery on the southern peninsula.

The News understands the nursery was in Rosebud, but it is DPI policy to not identify where plants diseases are found.

A spokesman for the department, Alan Everett, said if locations of nurseries were publicised, there was a greater chance DPI would not be told about outbreaks of disease.

It is not known how the fungus arrived in Victoria, but tiny spores of myrtle rust are easily spread on contaminated plant material, equipment, vehicles, clothing and shoes, as

well as by animals, wind and water.

After the initial discovery, diseased plants were found at other peninsula nurseries and in at least five private gardens, including at Rosebud, Mornington, Mt Eliza and Somerville.

A Mt Eliza resident discovered suspected myrtle rust in a pot plant and was surprised at the speed with which DPI officers arrived at the property and took the plant away for testing, which confirmed the disease.

DPI incident controller Gordon Berg last week said on community radio station RPP in Mornington that myrtle rust was very easily spread. “It is not surprising it has reached Victoria,” he said on RPP’s Environment Show.

Mr Berg said the disease was first detected in Australia on the NSW central coast near Gosford in April 2010, had spread to far north Queensland and now Victoria, and been found on more than 150 different plant species.

It is thought to have come from South America.

Last April, officers of Nursery and

Garden Industry Australia told a federal government committee that myrtle rust had become “probably the biggest threat to Australia’s ecosystem”.

In December 2010, the Myrtle Rust National Management Group agreed it was not technically feasible to eradicate the disease.

Myrtle rust (Uredo rangelii) affects plants when its distinctive yellow to orange-coloured spores land on shoots, leaves, buds and fruits.

Leaves become distorted and die.

Badly affected young plants are stunted and can perish.

Mr Berg said under the right conditions, it could slow regeneration of the Victoria’s native forests after harvesting or bushfire and even change forest biodiversity.

“DPI should be notified immediately of any plants suspected of being infected with myrtle rust.”

All members of the Myrtaceae plant family are potential hosts.

It attacks young, soft, actively growing leaves, shoot tips and young stems,

as well as the fruits and flowers.

Plants at risk include gum trees, bottlebrush, tea tree, lilly pilly, paperbark, myrtle, guava, midyim, rose apple, brush box and New Zealand Christmas bush.

Plants not affected include roses, fruit trees, vegetables, camellias, grevilleas, crepe myrtle and wattles.

“The first signs of myrtle rust infection are tiny raised spots that are brown to grey, often with red-purple haloes.

Up to 14 days after infection, the spots produce masses of distinctive yellow or orange spores.”

DPI has found myrtle rust at 22 sites involving 100 properties, mainly at production nurseries and wholesale outlets in and around metropolitan Melbourne.

The majority of detections came after DPI traced the movement of myrtle rust host material from infected premises.

One of the region’s leading conservation groups, Southern Peninsula Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association,

said plant ecologists were warned in 2010 that myrtle rust posed a threat.

“It has been found in Rosebud as well as Devon Meadows, Essendon, Frankston South, Langwarrin, Somerville, Gembrook near forest, Kilsyth, Lorne near forest, Lynbrook, Oakleigh, Thomastown and Werribee,” a spokesman said.

“If myrtle rust killed plantation timber forests, pressure will be put on government to log native forests. Plantation forests, which lack diversity, could be rapidly affected.”  To report suspected myrtle rust, call DPI on 1800 084 881 or email photos and a contact phone number and the plant’s location to: plant.protection@ dpi.vic.gov.au To avoid spreading the disease, do not touch, move or collect samples of the suspect plant.

More information about myrtle rust can be found on the DPI website: www.dpi.vic.gov.au

Plants found with myrtle rust VICTORIA is maintaining import restrictions on myrtle rust host material from NSW and Queensland.

Myrtle rust has been found on the following species in Victoria: Acmena smithii – Lilly pilly.

Agonis flexuosa – Willow myrtle.

Backhousia citriodora – Lemon-scented myrtle.

Lophomyrtus x ralphii – Black stallion.

Metrosideros carminea – Red rata.

Metrosideros collina – Fiji Christmas bush.

Metrosideros excelsa – New Zealand Christmas bush.

Myrtus communis – The fungus killing melaleuca leaves.

Common myrtle.

Syzygium australe – Lilly pilly or scrub cherry.

Syzygium paniculatum – Dwarf magenta cherry.

The Department of Primary Industries says more than 120 nursery industry and 40 local government staff have been trained by the department to identify and manage myrtle rust.

Plant experts are deeply concerned about the fungus striking plants in the Myrtaceae or myrtle family, which has 27 sub-groups such as eucalyptus (gum trees), melaleuca (tea trees and paperbarks) and callistemon (bottlebrushes). About 70-80 per cent of Australian native trees are Myrtaceae.

Deadly spores: Myrtle rust on a sleeve shows how easily it spreads. Pictures: DPI and SPIFFA

Leaf killer: Left, the fungus in its early stages on a lilly pilly leaf (Syzygium) and, right, more advanced infestation on the leaf of black stallion (Lophomyrtus).

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real estate directory Western Port

The people to call for your real estate needs...

Elisha Hewett

Sid Ferguson

Mobile: 0413 485 331

Mobile:0418 321 963

Baywest Real Estate 1/1085 Fâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ston-Flinders Rd SOMERVILLE 5977 9660

EMAIL: ehewett@baywestrealestate.com.au

Satchwells 1/97 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 1888

EMAIL: realestate@satchwells.com.au

Rob Pryzler

Ty Luff

Stockdale & Leggo 1/109 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 2288

Stockdale & Leggo 3/1065 Fâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ston-Flinders Road,

Mobile:0408 368 892

Mobile:0408 808 698

Phil Stone

Kerry-Lee Marshall Mobile: 0408 363 686

L. Cooper Real Estate 1067 Fâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ston-Flinders Road, SOMERVILLE 5977 7766

Century 21 Homeport 2100 Frankstonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Flinders Rd. HASTINGS. Ph: 5979 3555

Mobile: 0412 226 758

EMAIL: sales@lcooper.com.au

Ben Tallon Mobile:0419 339 489 Ben Tallon Real Estate 1/34 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 8003

EMAIL:kerryleemarshall@century21.com.au

Lee Swift Mobile: 0434 871 536 Baywest Real Estate 87 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 4412

SOMERVILLE 5977 8877

EMAIL: rpryzler@stockdaleleggo.com.au

EMAIL: ty@stockdaleleggo.com.au

EMAIL: realestate@btre.com.au

EMAIL: LSwift@baywestrealestate.com.au

Michael Curry

Jason Dowler

Mobile:0409 410 456

Mobile: 0403 598 754

MC Real Estate 4/82 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 8833

EMAIL: sales@mcrealestate.com.au

Harcourts Hastings Shop 10, 14 High Street.

HASTINGS 5970 7733

EMAIL: jason.dowler@harcourts.com.au

Craig Mann

Mobile: 0412 559 816 First National Craig Mann 4/1085 Fâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ston-Flinders Rd, SOMERVILLE 5978 0955

EMAIL: craig@craigmann.com.au

Gabriele Frenkel Mobile: 0413 773 075 Peninsula Property Investment Centre 2/80 Baxter-Tooradin Road BAXTER 5971 3999 & 630 Nepean Highway, CARRUM 9773 2999

EMAIL: gabriele@realty1.net.au

Tallon

Alf Tallon

Milton Brown

Mobile:0417 711 958

Mobile: 0418 326 044

Tallon First National 35 High Street, HASTINGS 5979 3000

LJ Hooker Somerville Shop 15/17 Eramosa Road West, Somerville 5978 0044

EMAIL: info@tallon.com.au Page 2

EMAIL: somerville@ljh.com.au

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Kevin Wright Mobile: 0417 564 454 Kevin Wright Real Estate 72 Main Street, Mornington PHONE: 5977 2255 Email: kevin@kevinwrightcommercial.com.au

Tony Latessa

Mobile: 0412 525 151 Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne Street Frankston 9781 1588

Email: latessabusinesssales@bigpond.com

FEATURE PROPERTY

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Everything that makes a house a home SURROUNDED by similar quality homes, this hidden gem is just waiting for a large family to make it their new home. Quality abounds as you enter and you will be pleasantly surprised by the amount of space on offer. There are four bedrooms, including a master with ensuite and walk-in robe. There are built-in robes to the other three bedrooms and and there is potential for a fifth bedroom, a room currently used as a separate study off the main living area. An open-plan area has the kitchen, dining area and a very neat little lounge area with woodheater. The area has a nice combination of tiling and timber floors and there is air-conditioning. A second living area, with rich carpet and decorative friezes, connects to the master bedroom and can be closed off from the hallway to make a great parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; retreat. For all the extras a family acquires, there is plenty of storage space in the double carport and double garage. Entertaining will be a breeze as you sit on the outdoor deck and enjoy the peace and quiet while overlooking well-established and low-maintenance gardens. The home is within walking distance of shopping centres, public transport, schools and sporting facilities. This is a gracious family home with everything for a growing family.

Address: 1 Diane Court, SOMERVILLE Auction: This Saturday 18 February at 12.30pm Agency: Craig Mann First National Real Estate, 4/1085 Frankston-Flinders Road, Somerville 5978 0955 Agent: Craig Mann, 0412 559 816 www.hastings.harcourts.com.au

www.hastings.harcourts.com.au

Hastings

Neg over $330,000 Low Maintenance and Loving It!

Hastings

Here is an unbelievable opportunity to purchase one of two low maintenance townhouses close to Hastings village. Recently renovated (inside and out) this double story townhouse offers two double bedrooms with ensuites upstairs, study, kitchen and large living room down. A new deck has been built to the rear of the home and a double carport is to be built to the rear. The home has gas heating and new oven.

This large family home is perfect for those looking for more space or investors wanting to grow their portfolio and become a part of the growing Hastings market. This spacious home has more than enough room for the family. With four bedrooms, master with ensuite and walk in robe, two separate living areas, blackwood kitchen with walk in pantry and further bedrooms and family bathroom to the rear of the home. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll all be kept comfortable with the ducted heating. Situated on a 731m2 (approx) block means that there is plenty of room for the kids to play. Outside you will find a covered outdoor entertaining area and a shed which is partly converted into another bedroom.

Neg over $380,000 4 Bedroom Home! Quiet Court Locale!

Harcourts Hastings ADDRESS: 1/16 Reid Parade INSPECT: By appointment

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Jason Dowler 0403 598 754 Lauren Dunsford 0422 385 869

Photo ID required for HASTINGS all Inspections Shop 10/14 High Street

Harcourts Hastings ADDRESS: 15 Natalie Court INSPECT: By appointment

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Jason Dowler 0403 598 754 Lauren Dunsford 0422 385 869

5970 7333

Photo ID required for HASTINGS all Inspections Shop 10/14 High Street

5970 7333

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MARKET PLACE

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A neat home

Family living at its best

THIS brick-veneer home in a quiet court is ready for a new family to move in and enjoy.

The kitchen features brand-new stainless-steel appliances and plenty of cupboard space.

There is an adjoining dining area and a large formal lounge with a brick feature wall and a Coonara woodheater. All bedrooms have new carpet, the master bedroom has an ensuite and walk-in robe, and there are built-in robes in the other two bedrooms. At the rear of the home is an undercover entertaining area overlooking the garden. The block is 824 square metres with scope to erect a double garage or storage shed (STCA).

WHETHER you are the grand entertainer or the tradesperson, you will find something special here with this stylish home. For the tradie who requires extra space for storing work tools and vehicles, a large steel shed, with mezzanine for even more storage space, is in the well-fenced backyard. The entertainer of the family can enjoy the shade of the undercover patio or the refreshing jet spa. Inside is bright with a neutral colour scheme, there is a separate formal lounge and a main, open-plan family area with kitchen, dining alcove and a nice big living area with carpet and ducted heating and cooling throughout.

Address: 3 Cypress Close, HASTINGS Price: $377,000 Agency: Tallon First National Real Estate, 35 High Street, Hastings, 5979 3000 Agent: Nigel Evans, 0439 540 055

Address: 11 Matthew Circuit, HASTINGS Price: $400,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $439,000 Agency: MC Real Estate, 4/82 High Street, Hastings, 5979 8833 Agent: Michael Curry, 0409 410 456

Impeccably landscaped

Behind the picket fence

WITH gardens that will dazzle, this beautifully presented home has a modern style, but retains a certain character, all set on a 700-square metre block in a popular Hastings estate. A large central kitchen has quality appliances including a dishwasher as well as a pantry. There are two separate living areas with ducted heating and evaporative cooling, both with access to an undercover patio that runs the width of the home. The main bedroom has an ensuite and walk-in robe, and the other two bedrooms have built-in robes.

There is plenty of space for vehicles in a double garage and single carport.

ENHANCED by the quintessential white picket fence, this picture perfect home has a wonderful street appeal and is resplendent in every detail. The three bedrooms are a good size and there are two separate living zones. For comfort there are two split-system airconditioners and the kitchen features quality appliances including a dishwasher. Live the al fresco lifestlye with a delightful, covered patio area overlooking the private and shady backyard.

Address: 2 Lea Court, HASTINGS Price: $415,000 Agency: Satchwells Real Estate, 1/97 High Street, Hastings, 5979 1888 Agent: Don McKenzie, 0419 955 177

Address: 29 Kinlora Drive, SOMERVILLE Price: $395,000 Agency: Baywest Real Estate Somerville, 1/1085 Frankston-Flinders Road, Somerville, 5977 9660 Agent: Brian Rotherham, 0417 056 938

To advertise in the real estate liftout of Western Port News, contact Jason Richardson on 0421 190 318 or jason@mpnews.com.au NOW PUBLISHED WEEKLY Page 4

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Hastings

87 High Street, Hastings Victoria 3915 Ph: 03 5979 4412 Fax: 03 5979 3097 Email: enquiries@baywestrealestate.com.au Web: www.baywestrealestate.com.au

Thinking of growing your investment portfolio?

Lee Swift Sales Consultant 0434 871 536

Tyabb

Sean Crimmins Sales Consultant 0411 734 814

$330,000-$360,000

Talk to our Property Management Team Sue, Kylie & Sally

If you’re tired of:

- Late rent - Untidy problem tenants - Unaccountable agents - Out of date inspections - Low rent - Lack of communication Tyabb

$280,000

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$785,000

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2a Seaview Road Tyabb Prestige Lifestyle On 6 Acre Farmlet Step inside this immaculately presented federation styled home of approx 28 sqs living and be captivated. Featuring four generous bedrooms, huge master with en suite including spa, ample living space with formal lounge and dining rooms, huge open plan family room with meals, hostess kitchen with granite benchtops, 9 ft ceilings, GDH and air conditioner complete some of the features on the inside. The property also offers in-ground solar heated swimming pool, large covered entertaining with private garden, two large paddocks with water, there is ample shedding with one large shed approx 115 sqm ideal for boat/trucks/caravan, the other shed measures approx. 90 sqm complete with office and toilet/kitchenette facilities.

Auction: Saturday 18th February at 2.30pm Inspect Agent

Inspect Saturday 2-2.30pm Ty Luff 0408 368 892

3 Janeallen Court Tyabb Stunning Home Surrounded By Beautiful Gardens Nestled away on approximately 1.75 acres is this magnificent lifestyle property that will surely impress.

Boasting 5 large bedrooms + study, inc. the master suite with WIR, and ensuite with spa bath, spacious O/P meals, family room and kitchen with ample cupboard space. Additional featured include GDH, evaporative cooling and a coonara.Outside a huge, fully enclosed gazebo for all your entertaining needs, a concrete shed with power, oversized DLUG, a pony paddock and stunning manicured gardens.

Price: $950,000 Inspect: Saturday 1.00-1.30pm Agent: Shelly Brown 0431 188 166

127 Bungower Road Somerville Resort Style Living Immerse yourself in a life of luxury with this quality home set on 4 acres (approx) offering character, gorgeous gardens and mature trees. Be impressed the moment you drive up the meandering tree-lined driveway that leads to this quality filled residence comprising of 4 bedrooms including master with WIR & FES, gorgeous open plan timber kitchen and family room with timber lined ceilings, formal dining area and separate lounge with fire place and cathedral ceilings & huge laundry. Every window has a beautiful outlook and outdoor entertaining has never been easier with a built-in BBQ, outdoor wood oven and resort style areas overlooking the sparkling in-ground pool and hut with spa, numerous adult palms and beautiful gardens.

Added extras are 75,000 litres water tanks, 4 car carport, huge A frame open shed for machinery and an old packing shed.

More Than You Need - Everything You Want

Price: $910,000

Price: $369,950 Inspect: Saturday 1.00-1.30pm Agent: Dylan Sorensen 0421 004 899

Inspect: Saturday 12.00-12.30pm Agent: Shelly Brown 0431 188 166

5977 8877 Page 6

88 Graf Road Somerville

3/1065 Frankston Flinders Road Somerville, Vic 3912

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Set upon a generous sized 725 (approx) block, this stunning 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home, with master featuring WIR and FES is everything the young family,down-sizing couple or investor could ever need.

Featuring 2 good sized living areas, 1 of which is North facing and has a formal dining area which then connects into the huge kitchen, new floating floors, new light fittings, brilliant under cover entertaining area, GWF and split system, garden shed and a cubby house for the young ones this home brings the essentials and more.

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Hastings

$140,000

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Hastings

Seaside Calling.... Marina View Village

$265,000

Hastings

$209,500

Cash in and enjoy the security and peace of mind afforded by this quiet lifestyle village right opposite the foreshore reserve. This easy care 2 bedroom home is as new and features an open design with living room adjoining an enclosed front veranda. The kitchen has gas cooking and breakfast bench, both bedrooms have BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the combined bathroom /laundry is clean and functional. There is also r/cycle s/system cooling & heating, gas hot water and rear courtyard.

1/4 acre - Claireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retreat

Town at your doorstepâ&#x20AC;Ś..

If privacy is what you desire.....look no further than this unique piece of land, tucked away with a private road leading you home..... Set in a popular area with parks close at hand and a short walk to the local High school an easy life is guaranteed! This great block is fully fenced, level and has all services available. An absolute rarity and a chance to create a unique lifestyle property....

Be impressed with this fantastic family home with a fresh modern interior and a private garden setting. Big bright North facing windows overlook your lawns and gardens which extend down to a large cottage style workshop. Inside there is neutral dĂŠcor, new carpets and tiles, 2 big living areas and 3 bedrooms, main with full en suite. A stunning new hex shaped kitchen has loads of cupboards and a dishwasher.

Hastings

Crib Point

Crib Point

$325,000

$315,000

$300,000+

Martin Heightsâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;Ś.4 Bedrooms

Start Here!

An Excellent Alternative To Unit Living

Elevated brick home in a great location in town. Set on a corner block with scope to subdivide (stca) this spotless home has fresh modern dĂŠcor t/out. Great North facing lounge with r/cycle s/system, spotless kitchen/ PHDOV ZLWK QHZ YLQ\O EHQFK WRSV DQG VWRYH SROLVKHG KDUGZRRG Ă RRUV and new blinds t/out. All BRs are dble sized with robes. Bathroom is brand new! On land 610m2 with carport and shed. Foreshore close byâ&#x20AC;Ś

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Hastings

Hastings

Hastings

$349,000

$309,000

$369,000

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Spring Garden Cottage

Work.... Rest and Play..... on 750m2

In the heart of town â&#x20AC;&#x201C; down the marina end. With current planning approval for 2x3BR home units this is a golden opportunity! Plans available on request. Build a 2 unit rental holding or on-sell for a quick return. Each unit has been designed to provide two living zones, 2 bathrooms sep entries, private open space and dble garages. Existing 2BR home could provide a good holding income or be relocated to an alternative site.

You will instantly feel welcome in this classic red brick home, nestled in a blaze of colour. Just a leisurely stroll from the marina and town it features fresh neutral decor and new carpets & tiles throughout its spacious interior. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a light and roomy front lounge with gas heat and splitsystem cooling, separate meals area, sunny kitchen with electric stove, 3 great sized bedrooms and new bathroom with large shower.

What a perfect home for a young family or a quiet retirement... set in a peaceful court in established gardens, this spotless New Dimension home has all the features you have been searching for at a realistic price! It features two sunny living areas, 3 generous bedrooms and yes a full en suite with double shower... Add the functional kitchen with dishwasher, ducted cooling, gas heating and alarm system and above ground pool.

Hastings

Hastings

Hastings

$435,000

$449,000

$472,500

So New It Sparkles!!

Solar Spectacular

Display home style..... 4 Bedrooms

You will instantly fall for this pristine new home... From the moment you step it simply feels like quality..... from sparkling porcelain tiling to 9â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ceilings and smart modern decor. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wide entry hall, spacious formal lounge and beyond a fantastic big open area with a multitude of down lights, luxurious stone topped kitchen and meals and family areas Ă RZLQJ WR WKH DOIUHVFR GHFN

6HW LQ D EHDXWLIXO DUHD WKDW VKRZFDVHV 9LFWRULDV Ă&#x20AC;UVW VRODU VWUHHW OLJKW JULG in trim leafy surrounds, this delightful modern home has a private aspect over its stunning gardens. Around 20 squares of quality living features 3 separate zones with a centrally located kitchen to suite a family or budding chef, with a dishwasher and long island bench. There are 3 double sized bedrooms, main with full ensuite & walk in robe.

Beautifully located in the prestigious solar estate, on a generous 815m2, this stunning as new Henley home features 24sqs of quality living â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 28.3 sqs under roof. Formal entry and a formal lounge, huge family and meals with the central kitchen offering practical entertaining on stone bench tops and quality appliances! A separate rumpus room. There are 4 dble BRS, main with superb ensuite. Shade sail covered deck overlooking trim gardens & shed.

Hastings

Hastings

Crib Point

$559,000

1/2 Acre (approx) Luxury living10sq garage!!

This dream property is a true rarity as it is conveniently located in town and offers so much space and privacy. Modern 20sq homestead is built for HQWHUWDLQLQJ ZLWK IRUPDO OLYLQJ Ă RZLQJ RQWR D YDVW RSHQ NLWFKHQ PHDOV DQG rumpus spilling out to the covered terrace and rear garden. There are 3BRs & study (or 4th), modern kitchen with d/washer, spa in main bathroom, full en suite, and loads of features; ducted cooling, heating, & vac. Alarm system.

$595,000

$389,000

½ Acre Masterpiece

Âź Acre â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The quieter life...Reduced by $9,000!!

This one has all the â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wantsâ&#x20AC;?. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s start with the location and land size â&#x20AC;&#x201C; situated in quiet bushy surrounds on approx ½ an acre of land in a no through road only minutes from all Hastings has to offer. Now for the KRXVH ² EXLOW WR D YHU\ KLJK VWDQGDUG ZLWK TXDOLW\ Ă&#x20AC;[WXUHV DQG Ă&#x20AC;WWLQJV throughout this property has that wow factor you have been looking for.

The property has a total of 3br, 2 bathrooms, superb kitchen with scullery.

Welcome home, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found a place to put down roots and enjoy a quiet semi rural setting. There is plenty of space for a family or a retired couple with gardens to enjoy and 2 double garages for a workshop & cars. The quality brick home features a huge formal living room with ceiling fan and access to a sundeck overlooking the trees behind. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tiled family room and timber kitchen with gas bench-top range and dishwasher.

Ben Tallon Real Estate Pty Ltd 1/34 High Street Hastings 3915

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Tallon CRIB POINT

HASTINGS

Rental Meets Price

Build Your Dream

For Sale:

For Sale:

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What an ideal investment to start your portfolio or buy Land for sale in the leafy suburb of Old Tyabb. Rear block as your own. This as new BV unit (still under builders of 512m2 with all services.

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$220,000

HASTINGS

HASTINGS

House & Land package

Near the Township

Buy off the plan and save on stamp duty. Â&#x201E;4 bedrooms Â&#x201E;Rumpus room Â&#x201E;2 bathrooms Â&#x201E;W.I.R to main Â&#x201E;Living room Â&#x201E;BIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to 3 bedrooms Â&#x201E;Family/meals area Â&#x201E;'RXEOH JDUDJH

For Sale:

$412,870

HASTINGS

CRIB POINT

HASTINGS

Mangrove Terrace

Peace & Tranquility

With federation façade, these quality 3 & 2 bedroom units have a touch of class. Featuring stone bench tops, quality appliances, dual access bathroom & internal door entry JDUDJH :DON RXWVLGH WR Ă&#x20AC;QG D UHPRWH JDUDJH ODQGVFDSHG gardens and speckled concrete patio.With the units being close to completion, be quick as these wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last. First home buyers receive your $20,000 bonus or investors save on stamp duty.

For Sale:

Move to the Heath Estate!

House & Land package

For Sale:

For Sale:

For Sale:

$328,000

From $335,500

$385,900

2.25 Acres 50 sqs â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peace & Privacyâ&#x20AC;?

Spectacular Kinfauns (app.1.58 acres)

You could be anywhere as you gaze out at private native surrounds from this elegant 2 storey homestead.

A sweeping asphalt drive past gum studded lawns, your family will breathe easy as thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loads of room inside & out. A grand entry faces the feature 2-way staircase with formal & informal living. 9â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ornate ceilings, vast formal lounge & guest suite with full ensuite. Large family/meals DUHD ZLWK VWXQQLQJ SROLVKHG Ă RRUERDUGV

A unique lifestyle awaits you in this huge 1.58 acre property situated in the sought after Kinfauns Estate.

Public transport stops at the Estateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entrance, Hastings town center two minutes drive and the brand new Bittern shops two minutes in the other direction. Fully serviced and surrounded by homes of equal quality and prestige.

For Sale:

For Sale:

$850,000

Mud Brick Masterpiece

Commercial Land or Business, take your pick!

$770,000

$SSUR[LPDWHO\ P RI Ă DW LQGXVWULDO ]RQHG ODQG LQ the busy commercial/industrial street of Hastings. Currently set up with a nursery business you can purchase WKH EORFN RI ODQG ZLWK WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH VWUXFWXUH LQFOXGHG DQG use it for your own purposes or purchase the land + business WIWO for an extra $25,000 + GST.

For Sale: NIGEL EVANS Phone: 0439 540 055

> WESTERN PORT realestate 14 February 2012

35 High Street, Hastings

$445,850

BITTERN

HASTINGS

If you are looking for the peaceful life this home is it! Set in the tranquil surrounds of Red Hill this architect designed GRXEOH VWRU\ KRPH RYHUORRNV D DFUH RI ODQG :DON WKURXJK WKH ODUJH PRQDVWHU\ GRRUV ZKHUH WKH OLJKW Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ORXQJH awaits, which leads through to the kitchen and dining area. The home features 4 bedrooms - main with walk in robe and IXOO HQVXLWH D VHSDUDWH VWXG\ KLJK SLWFKHG FHLOLQJV SROLVKHG Ă RRUERDUGV WKURXJKRXW DQG D ZHOO DSSRLQWHG NLWFKHQ ZLWK JDV cook top, under bench oven, dishwasher and pantry. Surrounded by quality homes and walking distance to the general store, this mud brick masterpiece is close to all that Red Hill has to offer.

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DOMINIC TALLON Phone: 0408 528 857

$377,000

House & land package prices reduced!

3 bedrooms, walk in robe, full ensuite, modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances, double garage & driveway.

Complete package. Be quick as we only have 3 Lots left.

Lots 100,101,102,103 &106 are sold .

Set on a large block this entertainerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home is ideal for the large family. Comprising of three bedrooms - main with walk-in robe and ensuite, the other two bedrooms have built-in robes. Two living areas - formal & informal, modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances & dishwasher. The home has ducted heating & air conditioning. Walk through to an extensive covered entertaining area, which comes with a spa, barbeque & rotisserie connected to mains gas.

For Sale:

For Sale:

$279,950

LANGWARRIN

This freshly painted beautiful brick veneer home is set in a nice quiet court and is ready for a family. Starting with a good size kitchen/dining area with brand new stainless steel appliances & ample cupboard space, you then walk through to the large dual access lounge room with a wonderful feature wall complete with a fan assisted coonara & wood box. The rest of the property incorporates a master bedroom with full ensuite & walk in robes.

7KLV EHGURRP EULFN YHQHHU KRPH LV WKH LGHDO Ă&#x20AC;UVW home or investment rental - currently returning $240.00 per week. Set on a good size block of land with plenty of room for the kids to play this property comprises a separate lounge with gas column heater & ceiling fan which goes through to the kitchen with gas cooker, laminex cupboards & tops. Adjacent to the kitchen is a meals area that overlooks the rear pergola.

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$280,000

tallon.com.au

$949,000

HASTINGS

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For Sale:

$1,850,000

5979 3000

Satchwells

Local Agents with Local Knowledge For Over 50 Years HASTINGS

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Asking $542,000+

Asking $480,000

Asking $495,000 - $520,000

Asking $450,000 - $500,000

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THE VIEWS ARE A PRICELESS BONUS

EXPANSIVE WATER FRONTAGE TOWNHOUSE

LARGE ALLOTMENT LARGE SHEDDING

A UNIQUE 2 FOR 1 PACKAGE

You enter this 4 BR property through a pleasant well maintained front garden.

Access is also via Salmon St & through the private common area grounds.The property has a r/c gate & single garage. A colour video pedestrian gate door phone with remote opening & a security alarm system is provided for peace of mind.

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Ideal for a young family/tradesman this property boasts a classic cedar home nestled in a no thru road on approx 3000sqms of land. Spacious family room with gas d/heating, natural gas coonara, split system heating & cooling, 2BRs with BIRs, neat & tidy kitchen with gas cooking & polished timber boards.

Only 6 years young and close to public transport and High Street shopping is this unique family home equipped with a fully self-contained unit - all on a spacious, low-maintenance corner allotment.

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CRIB POINT

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Asking $479,000

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Expansive water frontage views of Westernport bay and Hastings Marina.

Executive lifestyle property with all the trimmings. Double remote gated entrance, security camera/monitor screen, reverse cycle heating & cooling, ducted vacuum, 2 toilets and spa bath. Also a communal tennis court.

VENDOR SAYS MAKE AN OFFER

Inspect Sat 12.00 - 12.30pm

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2 FOR THE PRICE OF 1

AN AFFORDABLE DREAM

UNIT SITE HASTINGS

IDEAL FIRST HOME OR INVESTMENT

Natural bushland is the setting of this wonderful property. <RX ZLOO EH SOHDVDQWO\ VXUSULVHG WR Ă&#x20AC;QG WKLV KRPH ZDV EXLOW to accommodate 2 families with separate living quarters for a dependant person/parents.

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A wonderful feeling of warmth and tranquillity envelopes you as you enter this beautifully appointed, environmental home with its use of natural materials, solar electricity and north facing living. Owner built this mud brick home on over an acre gives you the luxury of all services being provided.

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Close to Hastings town centre, foreshore & Marina. This 817sqm DSSUR[ GHYHORSPHQW VLWH KDV SODQV SHUPLWV IRU [ EHGURRP units. With the infrastructure of Hastings growing donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hesitate to arrange an inspection today.

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HASTINGS

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Asking $385,000

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THE SEARCH IS OVER

PERFECTLY POSITIONED IN BITTERN TOWNSHIP

LOCATION AFFORDABLE AND BRAND NEW

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

$ Ă&#x20AC;QH PRGHUQ EUP IDPLO\ KRPH VLWWLQJ RQ DSSUR[ VTP EORFN in a popular Hastings estate is what we have to offer.This beautifully presented home is full of character with a touch of modern style. It has a large central kitchen with quality appliances, pantry and dishwasher.

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This 2 bedroom brick veneer unit has a large spacious design including SROLVKHG Ă RRU ERDUGV FDUSHW WR EHGURRPV D QHZ NLWFKHQ KDV EHHQ Ă&#x20AC;Wted, ducted heating & reverse cycle heating & cooling is available. A rear outdoor area incorporates new decking & a landscaped garden area.

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MERRICKS

CRIB POINT

HASTINGS

Asking $435,000 Neg.

Asking $1.4m

Asking $365,000

Asking $419,000

Inspect by Appointment

Inspect by Appointment

13 Merricks Road. Inspect Sun 2 - 2.45pm

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A FAMILY HOME IN A POPULAR ESTATE

4.2 GLORIOUS ACRES WITH STUNNING BOTANIC GARDENS

CALLING ALL RENOVATORS

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This recently renovated 3 bedroom home has new carpets & window furnishings, stylish modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances, gas & electric cooking, completely renovated bathroom, contemporary colour scheme throughout and split system heating.

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Attention - Bring your tools, paintbrushes & lawnmower. An opportunity has become available to purchase this spacious 3 bedroom home. This property is positioned on a large allotment of 1000sqm approx. And a subdivision may be possible STCA.

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A RARE OPPORTUNITY AWAITS

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www.satchwells.com.au

HASTINGS BALNARRING FLINDERS

1/97 High Street 14 Balnarring Village Cnr Cook and Wood Streets

An opportunity has become available to purchase this 3 bedroom brick veneer home in what must be a prime location in the heart of the Hastings and Marina location. Recently painted, carpeted and new blinds installed throughout, other features include upgraded bathroom.

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Hastings

From $239,000

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1/1085 Frankston-Flinders Road, Somerville Victoria 3915 Ph: 03 5977 9660 Email: somerville@baywestrealestate.com.au Web: www.baywestrealestate.com.au

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Agent: Gary Barnes 0412 347 233

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Somerville

Somerville

Somerville

$299,950

$330,000

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Hastings

$355,000 BE CK I QU

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$339,950

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Agent: Brian Rotherham 0417 056 938

Agent: Wayne Bourke 0411 266 696

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Hastings

Langwarrin

Somerville

$379,000

$389,000

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$395,000

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Agent: Gary Barnes 0412 347 233

Agent: Wayne Bourke 0411 266 696

Agent: Brian Rotherham 0417 056 938

Hastings

Hastings

Somerville

$459,950

Crib Point

$475,000

$569,000

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REAL ESTATE SOMERVILLE

Sages Road 64.72M

Somerville

$295,000

1,2 & 3 / 5 Grant Road Purchase Separately or as a Whole

6/1160 Frankston-Flinders Road Position Position Position

Peninsula Link

Ć&#x201D; One of three units available. Ć&#x201D; Recently renovated & located close to town facilities Ć&#x201D; Good sized lounge & dining area, modern kitchen Ć&#x201D; Two bedrooms Ć&#x201D; Reverse cycle air-conditioning Ć&#x201D; Outdoor garden area & double carport

Ć&#x201D; 4uality built 3 bedroom, low maintenance unit Ć&#x201D; Only minutes walk to local shopping, transport, schools Ć&#x201D; Large lounge/dining area Ć&#x201D; Floating ďŹ&#x201A;oor boards Ć&#x201D; Modern kitchen with s/steel appliances plus dishwasher Ć&#x201D; Security shutters on all windows,

$360,000

Somerville

Somerville

3.170Ha 208.75M

116.79M

$380,000 - $400,000

$475,000

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Somerville

From $275,000

50M

323.52M

Wonderfully located 3.17ha ( 7.83 acres) approx. block only minutes drive to shopping centre, schools and transport & on and off ramps of the new Peninsula Link. 10 minute drive to Frankston or Mornington and 45 minutes to Melbourne. Ideal property for hobby farmer / agriculture / build your dream home or future land development.

(STCA - currently zoned rural green wedge)

Somerville IN 11 SP .0 EC 0- T 11 S .3 AT 0a m

Capture The Opportunity

$800,000

IN 1. SPE 00 C -1 T .3 SA 0p T m

Baxter

Est 1989

Currently Under Construction - Only 3 On The Block

Nothing But Good Taste Ć&#x201D; Well-presented low-maintenance property Ć&#x201D; Combined lounge/dining area, modern kitchen with dishwasher Ć&#x201D; 3 bedrooms Ć&#x201D; Outdoor paved pergola area Ć&#x201D; Large rear yard with potential to further develop (S.T.C.A) Ć&#x201D; Single lock-up garage with workshop

Ć&#x201D; 2 x three bedroom units, FES to main bedroom Ć&#x201D; 7LOHG ZHW DUHDV V VWHHO DSSOLDQFHV WR NLWFKHQ Ć&#x201D; Open plan living areas, 9ft ceilings Ć&#x201D; Double garage with remote, landscaped gardens Ć&#x201D; Minutes walk to local shops & transport Ć&#x201D; Buy off the plan and save on stamp duty

Somerville

Somerville

Ć&#x201D; A combination of location quality & presentation Ć&#x201D; Comprising 3 large bedrooms, full ensuite to master, Ć&#x201D; Huge combined lounge/dining area Ć&#x201D; Modern kitchen opening onto family room Ć&#x201D; Covered outdoor entertaining area Ć&#x201D; Double garage with internal access

Tyabb

22 Bruce Drive A Home That Positively Shines

30 George Street Seriously Surprising Living

30 Dalton Drive Large Development Site

Ć&#x201D; Perfect home boasting 4 bedrooms, master with FES Ć&#x201D; Formal lounge, dining room, kitchen with gas cooking + d/w Ć&#x201D; )amily room, rumpus room with slow combustion heater Ć&#x201D; $ir-conditioner Ć&#x201D; Ducted heating, double garage, paved outdoor area

Ć&#x201D; Located only minutes walk to Somerville township Ć&#x201D; Federation home with open plan timber kitchen Ć&#x201D; 4 Bedrooms plus study, full ensuite to master Ć&#x201D; Outside a pergola area, Gazebo, garden shed Ć&#x201D; Electric front gates to remote controlled DLUG.

Ć&#x201D; 1700m2 approx property Ć&#x201D; Located close to all amenities Ć&#x201D; Potential for 3 - 5 Unit site Ć&#x201D; Comprises 4 Bedroom home at front Ć&#x201D; Zoning: Residential 1 Ć&#x201D; All services available and connected.

Somerville

$750,000 - $795,000

Balnarring

$990,000+

IN 12 SP .0 EC 012 T S .3 AT 0p m

$735,000

IN 11 SP .0 EC 0- T 11 S .3 AT 0a m

Somerville

$540,000

IN 2. SPE 00 C -2 T .3 SA 0p T m

$498,000

IN 12 SP .0 EC 012 T S .3 AT 0p m

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$480,000

282 Jones Road Some Homes Have It

19 Compass Court Highly Appealing - Truly Outstanding

34 Seaview Road Seaview Gums

Ć&#x201D; Stunning ranch style 32sq approx. family home located on a picturesque 1 acre approx. allotment Ć&#x201D; 4 bedrooms plus study, 4 bathrooms plus powder room Ć&#x201D; Separate dining area, 3 x R/cycle air con. + ducted heating Ć&#x201D; Large timber kitchen/meals family area, rumpus room Ć&#x201D; Triple lock-up garage, paved circular driveway

Ć&#x201D; Outstanding solid brick 30sq approx. residence Ć&#x201D; Picturesque 2 acres approx well-treed block Ć&#x201D; Includes 4 bedrooms, FES, formal lounge/dining area with A/C Ć&#x201D; Modern tiled kitchen/family area with coonara heating Ć&#x201D; Plus 2 bedroom semi self-contained in-law accomadation Ć&#x201D; Tennis court, triple carport, large sheds plus car parking.

1067 Frankston-Flinders Road, Somerville 5977 7766

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Upton Parkâ&#x20AC;? Ć&#x201D; 8 acre (approx.) property with four bedroom home Ć&#x201D; Separate study, 3 bathrooms, 2 living areas & updated kitchen Ć&#x201D; Double car space + workshop & 6 bay machinery shed Ć&#x201D; Four large paddocks with as new fencing Ć&#x201D; Salt chlorinated, solar heated pool & spa

PHIL STONE 0412 226 758 HUGH GAMBLE 0401 319 811

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CENTURY 21 Home Port 2100 Frankston-Flinders Road, Hastings Telephone: 5979 3555 century21hastings.com.au

OPEN THIS SATURDAY

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BITTERN 20 Wilson Avenue

HASTINGS

Positioned Perfect

Stylish Abode In Award Winning Location

Set in a leafy and highly sought after area is this stunning near new 4 bedroom home that has been designed with fantastic use of space and design. The master bedroom is at the front of the home, while the kitchen, family/dining and games room creates a brilliant area for living. Another lovely feature of this entertaining area is that it looks out to the Bittern Reserve so you feel you are living out in the country with no neighbours to see. 9ft ceilings throughout create a sense of space. Outside boasts double garage with concrete and power plus another double garage with remote under roofline. This home, that will suit the fussiest buyer is on a 706sqm2 allotment and surrounded by established low maintained gardens. A Must See!!!!!! Will not disappoint!!!!!!!!

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On offer at this exceptional residence is a relaxed lifestyle to match the sun, sea and fresh air of the coastal location. You’ll also get luxury, quality and style - making the living easy and appealing - and you get loads of special features that give this home its character and liveability. Near new and situated in exlusive cul-de-sac in a prestigious estate, this exciting home was created by the award winning Henley Homes.

This is a four bedroom abode with master with walk-in robe and ensuite.

Inspect: Saturday 2.00-2.30pm Price: $495,000 Contact: Wilma Green 0407 833 996

HASTINGS This Is The Best Home In The Estate

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Price $419,950 Negotiable Contact Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

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BITTERN 3 Flinders Street

EXPRESS SALE

Vendor Says Sell! - Make An Offer!

All the hard work has been done in this threebedroom, brick veneer home. New kitchen, bathroom, floating floor boards and floor tiles, window furnishings, feature open fire place with rendered surrounds and stone mantle piece, freshly painted and the list goes on. Two separate living areas and family/meals room. Secure yard with access to rear and not to forget ample shedding. Inspection will not dissapoint, ideal investment or first home buyer. Inspection is a must.

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Price: $298,500 Contact: Wilma Green 0407 833 996

BITTERN 21 Bennett Street

PRICE REDUCTION

Just a short walk to the new Bittern village and nature reserve, this beautifully maintained home offers serenity like no other in a tightly held location. This well built Merchant Builder home on approx. 1/4 acre allotment (1080sq metres) has been lovingly cared for over the years. Boasting 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 living areas, vaulted ceilings with chefs delight kitchen and lovingly maintained gardens, fernery & mature trees in a private setting.

Four Bedroom Home Within Short Walk To Village

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NEW LISTING

HASTINGS 25 Michelle Drive Three Bedrooms On Huge Block!!

A perfect platform to raise the family or start your investment portfolio. Desirably located close to everywhere, this double fronted brick veneer residence is on a 820m2(approx) block.

Comprising 3 great sized bedrooms with BIR’s, double garage, quality carpets & blinds, spacious lounge & dining room, well-equipped kitchen & meals area, central bathroom, big rear yard providing ideal playground for a pool & furry friends.

This affordable family home situated on approx.

700sqm allotment is surrounded by established gardens. The home has 4 bedrooms, master has WIR & FES. There are two separate living areas and formal dining/ study room. Outside boasts a large entertaining area and enclosed spa room with sitting area, plenty of storage sheds and room for the boat or caravan.

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HASTINGS

CRIB POINT

3 Units Available Close To Town Centre

4 Unit Site – Or A Good Home On 1/4 Acre Block

Located in a quiet setting, just a short walk to High Street, Safeway, K-Mart and bus services.

These units are an ideal investment to just set and forget or perfect for retirees or an entry level property purchase. Featuring large timber kitchen, separate living area, full bathroom with shower, bath and separate toliet and two bedrooms, both with BIR’s. These properties will always be sought after. Boasting an extra large, low maintenance yard, single lock-up garage and visitor car space.

Sub-divide and reap the rewards, our vendor has a genuine need to sell and will meet the market. Built in classic homestead style with wide verandahs, this western red cedar home is as pretty as a picture. Offering three bedrooms, master with semi-ensuite and built-in robes.

Bright, sunny kitchen with electric wall oven, gas hotplates and dishwasher. Dual living zones with Northerly aspect, quality new look flooring is throughout the home. Inspection is a must!

Price: Express Sale Inspect: By Appointment Contact: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

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Price: EXPRESS SALE Contact: Kerry Lee Marshall 0408 363 686

For Sale

17/2a Bentons Road, Mount Martha Beachside Modern Townhouse Beaches and coastal walking tracks across the road and situated in a peaceful location this 3 bedroom townhouse is sure to impress. Open plan living that combines dining/kitchen and overlooks a private and beautifully landscaped courtyard. Kitchen features stainless steel appliances, gas cooking and dishwasher. Second storey comprises 3 bedrooms, 2nd living area and spacious bathroom with shower and bath.

Extras include powder room, ducted gas heating and DLUG with internal access.

Kevin Wright Real Estate is delighted to announce two new appointments to our sales team.

We are pleased to welcome Louise Varigos and Antoinette Schrandt.

For all you real estate needs please contact Louise on 0408 885 982 or Antoinette on 0429 539 882

Price: $450,000 Inspect: &RQWDFW RIÀFH

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19 Dorset Road, Mount Martha Fabulous Family Home

For Sale

119 Seaview Avenue, Safety Beach Seaview at Martha Cove

Absolutely immaculate four bedroom plus study family home set on approx. 900sqm block. Ideal for permanent living or just for holidaying there is lots of natural light beaming into the family room and main living DUHD ZLWK RSHQ ÀUH SODFH DQG RYHUORRNLQJ WKH outside entertaining area and established gardens. Cook up a storm in the gourmet kitchen with Caesar stone bench tops. The two storey home has master living and ensuite upstairs with bay views and natural setting.

Walking distance from Martha Cove Marina and approx. 500 meters from the main foreshore, this luxury townhouse is almost completed. Approx. 27 squares of living comprising of 3 bedrooms plus parents retreat, 2 bathrooms, powder room, 2 separate living areas, Caesar stone kitchen bench tops with tiled splash back, Smeg s/steel appliances, Rinnai 24hr gas HWS, heating with programmable thermostat and s/system air conditioning. Landscaping and fenced with coloured concrete aggregate to front driveway.

Price Guide: $550,000 -$590,000 ,QVSHFW &RQWDFW RIÀFH

Price Guide: $695,000 - $740,000 ,QVSHFW &RQWDFW RIÀFH

1/16-14 Lucerne Avenue, Mornington Gorgeous Beachside Townhouse

For Sale

34 Finlayson Avenue, Mount Martha Un-interrupted Bay and City Views

This gorgeous home has been tastefully GHFRUDWHG ZLWK TXDOLW\ À[WXUHV DQG ÀWWLQJV Approx 24sq. in size with master bedroom, FES & WIR on the ground level that leads into a open plan living area spilling out into alfresco outdoor entertaining area. Gourmet kitchen with granite bench tops, porcelain tiles. Internal access from the double lock up garage.Separate laundry and powder room. Top level, 2 double bedrooms, separate living / study area, main bathroom and spa.

)URP WKH ODUJH EDOFRQ\ HQMR\ PDJQLÀFHQW 180 degree views with un-interrupted bay and city skyline vista that will leave you spellbound. Set on approx 1530 sqm of land the main house offers 2 bedrooms plus rumpus room that could be converted into another two bedrooms. Open style living, renovated kitchen, meals and family room. In-ground pool and outdoor entertaining area. Great holiday home or live comfortably while planning to build your dream home.

Price: On Application Contact: Lina Luppino 0419 571 583

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2/130a Bentons Road,Mount Martha Elegant Townhouse Walk To Everything.

This simply irresistible residence comprises 3 bedrooms with WIR’s, main with ensuite, second large bathroom with bath, shower & vanity, formal lounge, open plan family room, hostess kitchen with Ceaserstone benchtops and stainless steel appliances. Other features include ducted heating, 2 x reverse cycle cooling, delightful courtyard & alfresco area, DLUG with rear access and internal access.

Don’t delay, inspect today and submit your offer!!!

Price: $489,000 ,QVSHFW &RQWDFW RIÀFH

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6 Meadow Crest Circuit, Mount Martha Investors, First Home Buyers and Retiree’s Set in an exclusive conclave this 3 bedroom townhouse is real value for money. The main bedroom has full ensuite and BIR’s, further 2 bedrooms have BIR’s, large family bathroom with separate W/C. Kitchen has laminate benchtops, stainless steel appliances, open plan living areas with outdoor pergola! Internal access to DLUG.

Price Guide: $395,000 - $420,000 ,QVSHFW &RQWDFW RIÀFH

jo@kevinwrightcommercial.com.au

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Boutique fine food and wine

The name says it all

SPECIALISING in exclusive gourmet foods, giftware and boutique wine, Darriwill Farm source the world’s finest produce and wines. Their shops throughout Melbourne and Victoria are favourite destinations for lovers of the best things life has to offer.

Their outlet in Sorrento represents a unique opportunity to secure a prime location in the heart of the town, ideally located on Ocean Beach Road with plenty of foot traffic.

The outlet has existing hamper contracts with major banks and there is the potential to extend the business for the outdoor coffee and dining trade. Additional extras include a full point-of-sale system with MYOB, a database of clients and a website.

IT is refreshing to see a good old milk bar still providing a service to a town. For more than 40 years, this thriving small business has been the cornerstone of the Tootgarook and neighbouring community. New owners would benefit from excellent lease terms and very cheap rent. The owner is willing to offer the business on a trial basis.

Food and wine sales, SORRENTO Price: $239,000 + SAV Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255 Agent: Gary Ralph, 0418 535 503

Milk bar and mixed business, TOOTGAROOK Price: $225,000 + SAV Agency: Kevin Wright Real Estate, 72 Main Street, Mornington, 5977 2255 Agent: Russell Murphy, 0407 839 184

LANGWARRIN

NEW HOUSE & LAND PACKAGE

COMPLETE FROM $335,800

Freehold investment with dual access HERE is an opportunity to purchase a freehold retail store in the Kareela Road shopping strip of Frankston. The current tenant is a beauty therapist. The shop is 81 square metres (approx) on a total land size of 180 square metres (approx) in the Business 1 zone. There is a second access point via a rear laneway at the back of the block.

Retail shop, FRANKSTON Price: $179,000 Agency: Tallon First National Real Estate, 35 High Street, Hastings, 5979 3000 Agent: Dominic Tallon, 0408 528 857

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Easy to run

Salon style

THIS stand-alone kiosk in the Kmart side of the Bayside Shopping Centre is less than 12 months old with near-new equipment. There is table seating for 34 and the opening hours are from 9 am seven days a week. The business is managed part-time and has one full-time and three part-time staff members.

WELL located in trendy Red Hill, this salon has great views and good parking facilities.

There are 6 stations and 2 basins, a beauty room, laundry and staff room. The business is run with one full-time apprentice and the current operator, who wishes to retire.

Trading hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturday 8am to 1pm. There are seven years left on the current lease.

Cafe, FRANKSTON Price: $130,000 + SAV Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston, 9781 1588 Agent: Graham Haddock, 0417 360 963

Hair Salon, RED HILL Price: $49,950 + SAV Agency: Latessa Business Sales 50 Playne St, Frankston Agent: Graham Haddock, 0417 360 963

Business Sales Specialists www.latessabusiness.com.au

50 Playne Street Frankston

Tel: (03) 9781 1588 FLORIST & GIFTS

COFFEE LOUNGE

CLEANING SERVICE

Telecommunications & electronics, computing & entertainment, Optus mobile & broadband contracts. Well presented in main street, 24/7 security system, 5 ½ days.

Time for a change of scenery?

Beautifully presented shop in main street of Yarrawonga. Ready for a quick sale as new owner ÂżQGV KHUVHOI QRW VXLWHG WR WKH business.

Very attractive little cafĂŠ in good location with cheap rent. Seats 10 inside & 12 outside. Trades 7 days 9am to 5pm.

WILL SELL QUICKLY!

Residential & commercial, also does property maintenance. Major contracts in place. Owner works app 15 hrs pw, sub-contractors available. Mostly on Peninsula, Business Award winner.

NOW $30,000 + sav

$50,000 + sav

$60,000 + sav

W NE

RETAIL ELECTRONICS

Niche market selling whole & organic foods inc fruit & veges, supplements etc. Seating for 12 in/6 out. Main road, well known to locals & passing trade. 5 ½ days.

New lease neg.

W NE

CAFĂ&#x2030; & ORGANIC FOODS

$60,000 + sav

FRUIT & VEG RETAIL Keen vendors returning overseas need to sell. Ideally located in busy Frankston CBD, has coolroom, truck for market. Est around 40 yrs, trades 6 days.

New lease available.

$65,500 + sav

NOW $65,000 + sav

BEAUTY, NAILS & HAIR

CLEANING SERVICE

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CAFE

FRESH FISH SHOP

Popular Indian/Pakistani cuisine, dine in or takeaway. Seats 20 in/10 out. Easy to run with 2 staff.

Well equipped kitchen with walk in coolroom. Huge potential to increase T/O with more opening hours.

Currently managed, very attractive, IXOO\ FRPSXWHULVHG TXDOLÂżHG VWDII 8 beauty rooms & waiting room.

Assured income from sub-tenants.

No competition.

Services one main customer every day of the year, vendor works 28 hrs pw, 3 subcontractors. Stock inc. Plenty of potential for more work. Vendor retiring.

Est 28 yrs, home based. Servicing Westernport side of Peninsula, Defence housing, commercial RIÂżFHV 5HDO (VWDWH HWF $OO necessary equipment, vendor assistance.

Located in shopping centre with no opposition.

Very good equipment including coolroom, seats 25 in & 15 out.

Suit husband & wife team.

Now relocated from the jetty to large premises with huge frontage. )UHVK ÂżVK GHOLYHUHG GD\V D ZHHN DQG ÂżOOHWHG RQ SUHPLVHV *RRG long lease, owner will train. Urgent sale due to ill health.

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$79,000

$90,000 inc. stock

$91,500 + sav

HAIR SALON

COFFEE LOUNGE

AUTO ELECTRICAL

FISH & CHIPS

CAR DETAILING

Near new, bright, clean â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all the hard work has been done. New equipment, coolroom and freezer. 6 days from 11am. Long lease options

Well set up factory close to many car yards, some of which are major clients. Always busy, bookings essential, prices range from $25 to $280. Short hours â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5 days 8am to 4pm.

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Well established in large modern s/ centre. Hair & beauty, rents out manicurist space. Fully managed, 5 full time staff, good marketing systems in place. Full assistance offered.

Purpose built, wonderful appearance, All repairs inc truck, trailer & marine, split level, good equipment, lovely LQ ODUJH IDFWRU\ ZLWK KRLVW *RRG kitchen. Mainly coffee & cakes, GLVSOD\ URRP RIÂżFH 2QO\ RQH corner location with huge frontage. in Frankston & surrounds doing 19 tables. Nothing to be done.

Interlock. Long standing clients inc corps. Ozone safe air-con service.

NOW $110,000 + sav

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CAFE

$98,000 + sav

$120,000 + sav

BEAUTY SALON / SPA

GENERAL STORE

CONTINENTAL DELI/CAFE

LICENSED PIZZA

Multi award winning, 95% rebooking rate. Fully equipped, has website. Fully air-conditioned, computer system. 6 treatment rooms. Must see! .

Franchise in busy Bayside S/C, modern & attractive shop. Healthy options such as sandwiches, light lunches, drinks etc. P & L shows JRRG 7 2 ÂżJXUHV JRRG FDVK Ă&#x20AC;RZ

In the heart of beautiful San Remo. Main road with good bay views, seats 30 in & 16 out. Rear courtyard, front eatery section with well laid out kitchen, staff SDUNLQJ 3URÂżWDEOH

Milk bar lines, some takeaways.

Large double storey 3 bdm residence in high density residential area with captured market. Spacious shop est 20+ years.

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Close to beach & park in busy Main St. High capacity oven does 60 pizzas per hour, excellent equipment only 2 ½ yrs old.

Seats 24 in & 20 out. Commercial kitchen. No deliveries.

$140,000 + sav

$140,000 + sav

$145,000 + sav

COIN LAUNDRY

GENERAL STORE

GIFTS & HOMEWARES

LICENSED CAFE

FRUIT & VEGETABLES

Only one in Mooroopna. Opens 7 days, services 5 ½ days. Well presented and well equipped.

11 washers and 8 gas dryers.

Horse/animal blankets etc service growing constantly

Very busy well known store in country Vic town, only one in the area. Newsagency, bottle store, sandwich bar. 2 large coolrooms, storage area, garage, function/ dining room. 4 BR house attached.

Well known business in Main St Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ton. Well stocked & beautifully presented, one of the Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourites. Australian products plus imports from Indonesia and China.

Nepean Hâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;way opposite beach.

Seating for 80+, licensed indoors & deck area. Extensive equipment, trades 7 days, well staffed with good systems in place.

Beautifully presented, all modern refrigeration, prime position in award winning S/C. Large 10 tonne truck for market inc. Plenty of prep area and rear space for truck & forklift to work.

$185,000

NOW $225,000 + sav

$299,000 + sav

$300,000 + sav

$350,000 + sav

NOW $360,000 + sav

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LAUNDROMAT

BUSINESS & FREEHOLD

PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS

BUSINESS & FREEHOLD

KENNELS & CATTERY

Indian cafĂŠ/takeaway with 2 storey 4 bdm unit within walking distance.

Well equipped, well presented business with commercial kitchen & walk-in coolroom. Seats up to 50.

Long established with long serving staff. All manner of products from artwork & design stage. In house printing, in house kiln, digital laser. &RQÂżGHQWLDOLW\ DSSOLHV

½ acre with 3 bdm B/V home and brick shop on main road. Selling ¿VKLQJ WDFNOH EDLW ERDW VWRUDJH right on waterway/main street.

5 year old fully indoor boarding kennels and cattery, property approx 4.5 acres. Fully automated irrigation, heating and cooling.

Home with pool & entertainment DUHD &RQÂżGHQWLDOLW\ DSSOLHV

$125,000 w.i.w.o.

SECOND HAND DEALER Pawnbroker. Large shop in great location very well stocked, all included in price. Selling at VWRFN ÂżWWLQJV YDOXH RQO\ GXH WR personal circumstances. %$5*$,1 %8<

$130,000 + sav

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20 washers, 15 dryers, Well established with many repeat commercial ironing equipment. customers inc clubs, tradies, Open 7 days with service offered councils & Fire Authorities. Very well equipped & all included. Also 5 ½ days. Long lease, great T/O, do repairs. Needs to be relocated. Attached residence inc in monthly rental. No competition in town.

W NE

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AROUND THE REGION

Suspected algae not harmful: DSE

By Mike Hast THE Department of Sustainability and Environment says the sludge seen floating just offshore at beaches between Daveys Bay in Mt Eliza and McCrae in late January and early February was not harmful.

But doubts have been raised following the revelation of an incident in Frankston on 17 January that saw raw sewage from a broken pipe four kilometres from Port Phillip enter a stormwater drain then Kananook Creek, which runs into Port Phillip.

The creek is about three kilometres from Daveys Bay. Frankston Council closed the beach where the creek enters Port Phillip for two days, 17-19 January, on the advice of the Environment Protection Authority.

On Friday 3 February, DSE issued a notice stating “test results confirm nothing harmful was found in the bay, but are not conclusive as to what the brown discoloured water actually was”.

“The suspected algal bloom has dissipated and no brown discoloured water can been seen from Daveys Bay to McCrae. It is thought the rough weather earlier this week broke the suspected bloom up.”

DSE stated there was no concern about people swimming in the bay “this weekend [4-5 February], but people should avoid contact with water that looks murky or sludgy”.

“Victorian Government agencies will continue to be on high alert this weekend and monitor the situation.

“If people come into contact with any murky or sludgy substance in the

bay, thorough washing with clean water is advised.

“Direct contact with algae affected water can cause skin irritations and respiratory or hayfever-like symptoms.

“DSE is coordinating the actions of a number of Victorian Government agencies responding to this issue.”

The department said algal blooms can be common in summer and were naturally occurring.

On 7 February, DSE media adviser Brigid Ennis said DSE suspected it was a marine algal bloom, but “we are unable to correctly identify it as the rough weather earlier this week broke the suspected bloom up”.

“Test results found no harmful substances. We are as keen as the public to find out what it was and will be on high alert in the coming weeks.”

Asked about sewage going into Kananook Creek and then Port Phillip after a South East Water pipe near Heatherhill Rd in Frankston broke on 17 January, Ms Ennis said she had heard this on 3AW’s Rumour File.

“South East Water told me this did not occur,” she said.

The sewage spill was reported in the Frankston Times, a sister paper of Mornington News, on 19 January.

It was confirmed by Beth Richens of South East Water.

Water scientists have known for more than 15 years that sewage can create ideal conditions for blue-green algae blooms.

A federal government Department of the Environment report in 2009 stated sewage treatment lagoons were susceptible to blue-green algae (BGA)

blooms “as their high-nutrient environment provides ideal conditions for the development of these organisms” “Blooms occur predominantly in summer when temperatures are more conducive to algal growth”.

The incident raises a number of questions, including:  Why did DSE take two days to test the “sludge” and not take enough to positively identify the substance?  Why were swimmers not warned by signs erected by councils, DSE or EPA? The public is encouraged to report any sightings to the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) pollution hotline on 1300 372 842.

For progress reports on the suspected algal bloom, go to www.dse.vic.gov. au/mediareleases

Bloomin’ confusing: Left, the suspected algal bloom in Dromana Bay off Safety Beach (closest to shore, inside the power boat and its wake) stretched from McCrae to Daveys Bay at Mt Eliza, but beachgoers like those at Mt Martha Beach South, above, were not warned of possible health impacts.

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AROUND THE REGION

Council’s flood plea ignored

By Keith Platt and Mike Hast FRANKSTON Council’s plea to its neighbour City of Greater Dandenong to not allow industry to build on lowlying land at Bangholme has been ignored.

Frankston wrote to Greater Dandenong mid-January saying it was worried that allowing 340 hectares for industry would increase the risk of flooding in Frankston.

The two municipalities are in the 855-square kilometre Dandenong Valley, which includes floodplains, wetlands and 485 kilometres of rivers and creeks that originally drained into a swamp (see box at right).

On 23 December, Greater Dandenong rammed through the rezoning, with councillors, led by Cr Peter Brown, voting 5-4 for the land to be changed from green wedge.

Their decision now goes to Planning Minister Matthew Guy for approval.

The move has angered some Frankston councillors as well as Alan Hood of Bangholme Rural Land Holders’ Association, a long-time critic of flood planning and infrastructure in the valley.

The Times understands Frankston CEO George Modrich is privately upset Greater Dandenong did not take into account a comprehensive letter outlining Frankston’s flood concerns.

A next step for Frankston would be to complain to Mr Guy. The issue highlights the lack of coordination between councils in dealing with flood threats in the region.

Mr Hood said Greater Dandenong had missed an opportunity “to correct its decision of 14 November to rezone the Bangholme land, which was made without a report from council officers”.

He said the flooding that followed heavy rain in the region in early February 2011, when Melbourne Water was forced to release diluted sewage into the valley’s rivers and creeks, showed councils in the catchment – Casey, Greater Dandenong, Frankston and Kingston – were issuing permits for development but not making provision to dispose of stormwater runoff.

At Frankston’s first council meeting of the year, 16 January, councillors voted unanimously to write to Greater Dandenong council to express “concerns and objection to the proposed inclusion of the Bangholme Precinct in the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) due to the potential discharge of stormwater flows indirectly into the Frankston catchment which currently has significant constraints in capacity”.

Frankston councillors called for Greater Dandenong to “confer with Melbourne Water, South East Water, and Frankston City Council to ensure that there is no negative downstream impact on Frankston City Council in terms of stormwater discharge” before

allowing development to go ahead.

Frankston councillors wanted their northern counterparts to “ensure that there is no negative downstream impact on Frankston City Council in terms of stormwater discharge”.

In the letter expressing “concerns and objection” to Greater Dandenong’s rezoning plans, Frankston said that its “catchment … has significant constraints in capacity.”

The wording of the letter approved by council was a watered-down version of that first proposed by Cr Brad Hill, which called on Greater Dandenong to reverse its plans to rezone the floodprone land bounded by Harwood and Frankston-Dandenong roads, EastLink and Eumemmering Creek.

Cr Hill wanted copies of the letter sent to Planning Minister Matthew Guy, Frankston MP Geoff Shaw, Carrum MP Donna Bauer, Melbourne Water and South East Water.

Instead, his colleagues agreed to send the letter to the two water authorities as well as asking them and the City of Kingston to “review the capacity of stormwater outfalls and infrastructure protecting the northern parts of Frankston and southern suburbs of Kingston from catastrophic flooding”.

Frankston said commissioning a review was justified “given the extent of development that has occurred in the Dandenong Valley and Carrum lowlands within the past 20 years, the height reached by floodwaters on the southern levee bank at Pillars Crossing, the flooding of Thompsons Rd, the flooding of Frankston-Dandenong Rd, and the discharge of grey and black, noxious and offensive water from the Eastern Treatment Plant to Frankston waterways on 5 February 2011”.

Several reports have already shown parts of Frankston could be inundated by floods if the low-lying area near Bangholme was further developed.

Experts say it is impossible and uneconomic to flood-proof Frankston and the amount of money being spent each year on vital drainage falls well short of the minimum needed.

However, Melbourne Water has spent $60,000 developing a flood management plan for Frankston and the city spent $39,000 drawing up water sensitive urban design guidelines to lessen runoff from new developments.

Frankston’s current budget includes $755,000 for drainage, well short of the $12 million of “identified” drainage and flood mitigation works.

The flood management plan states it is impossible to protect all 1635 of the city’s flood-prone properties, and warns that higher rainfall and rising sea levels as a result of climate change could see many parts of the city inundated (‘City flood alert’, The Times, 1/9/11).

It warns of the need to avoid “down-

Water world: Melbourne Water map of the catchments of the metropolis and adjoining areas, including the Dandenong catchment.

stream flooding” from 20 projects already flagged over the next decade that will produce 888 dwellings.

Also, there are plans to create thousands of lots on another 247 hectares of greenfield sites.

Frankston has no flood warning system and the municipal emergency management plan does not assess the flood risk within the municipality.

Self-styled flood expert Alan Hood says a canal from Knox to Western Port is the only way to protect lowlying areas of Frankston from floods.

“It’s a pipe dream that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars, but we have to do something,” he told The Times last year (‘Pipe dream canal to fix city’s flood risk’, 15/9/11).

An industrial designer, Mr Hood lives in the middle of the floodplain north of Frankston and says before building his house, he found floods had seen more than two metres of water pour through a school two kilometres south of his 5.5-hectare property.

“I built my house site up by eight

Dandenong Valley once a great swamp FRANKSTON and Greater Dandenong are in the Dandenong catchment, which covers 855 square kilometres and once included the large wetland known as the Carrum Carrum Swamp.

The 45-square kilometre swamp stretched from Mordialloc to Frankston and across to Dandenong, but was drained for farmland in the late 1800s, including by the man-made Patterson River. A small section remains, now called the Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands.

About 45 per cent of the valley is urbanised although there are large tracts of farmland at Bangholme and Narre Warren East.

The valley has 485 kilometres of rivers and creeks that originally drained to the swamp. Melbourne Water says the remaining wetland areas were retained to provide critical flood protection.

Kananook Creek, the major outlet, and Mordialloc Creek carry excess water from the wetlands into Port Phillip. The two creeks are fed by Dandenong Creek, with headwaters in the Dandenong Ranges, and Eumemmerring Creek.

Mike Hast foot [2.4 metres], but the floods suggested that probably wasn’t high enough,” he said. “That’s what started my interest in floods.”

Mr Hood accuses bureaucrats of sidestepping issues and not making the hard decisions needed to flood-proof the area from Dandenong to Frankston.

“There’s no point cutting drains through the primary dune [running parallel to Nepean Highway from Mordialloc to Frankston] because the sea will just come inland, creating a reverse flood.

“I told the environmental effects study [into the EastLink tollway] that it will send water towards Frankston and the resulting flood will be an act of negligence, not an accident.”

He estimated there were up to 800 houses in Seaford that would be inundated in a major flood.

As well as the canal from Knox, Mr Hood believes the once great wetland area between Seaford and Dandenong should have been declared a national park.

Helping hand for hospital

By Keith Platt AFTER accusing Frankston Hospital of damaging the city’s reputation, Frankston councillors are now helping out with hospital expansion plans.

The hospital wants to build on land occupied by Frankston Tennis Club at the corner of Yuille St and Hastings Rd. The 1.4-hectare site has been owned by council since 1940 and the tennis club claims a 100-year plus association with Franston. It has been at its present site since 1960.

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Councillors deferred consideration of finding a new home for the tennis club at the same meeting they blasted the hospital for “the ongoing stream of negative incidents emitting from this hospital as they do little to rejuvenate the image of Frankston, not just from a reputational perspective but also in terms of liveability and access to quality services”.

The council said it was concerned “as to the capacity for Frankston Hospital to provide health services for the growing population of Frankston,

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Mornington Peninsula and the southeast region as a whole”.

The council also “took into account” calls by the Australian Medical Association for patients to avoid the hospital “due to chronic overcrowding”.

Council has also written to the state government “urging the provision of appropriate funding and resources” for the hospital.

However, council is also showing a much more benevolent side and seems set to help the hospital with its five to 10-year expansion plan.

Tennis Victoria, which had already been negotiating with Frankston Tennis Club to establish a regional tennis centre on the Yuille St courts, may have to look elsewhere.

The closest regional tennis centre is at Pakenham, and Tennis Victoria believes having one in Frankston will centralise training and tournament opportunities for the south-east and the Mornington Peninsula.

Three sites were suggested to council in April, including greenfield sites both in and outside the central area.

Councillors have yet to vote on a site, although it is understood officers have been negotiating with the hospital since 2010.

The tennis club wants to stay close to central Frankston.

Council has deferred the matter until its 20 February meeting when it will make a decision on whether to spend $30,000-$40,000 on a feasibility study.

No announcement has been made regarding any cost-sharing agreement with the hospital.

History afloat: MV Athena heads for the Port of Melbourne passed Portsea last Friday morning. Picture: Andrew Mackinnon

Colourful past of the cruise ship Athena

By Mike Hast MELBOURNE is visited by many cruise ships each year, but perhaps none with as colourful history as MS Athena, which steamed into Port Phillip on Friday 3 February for an overnight stay.

Athena was built in 1948 for the Swedish America Line. She has had nine names – Stockholm, Völkerfreundschaft, Volker, Fridtjof Nansen, Italia I, Italia Prima, Valtur Prima and Caribe.

The ship was renamed Athena in 2005 and is operated by Classic International Cruises.

As Stockholm, she was the smallest liner on the trans-Atlantic route at 160 metres long (525 feet) with a gross tonnage of 12,165.

Originally built to carry 395 people, a 1953 refit expanded Stockholm’s capacity to 548 people.

In 1956 at 11pm in heavy fog off Nantucket, 50 kilometres south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts USA, Stockholm collided with the luxury liner Andrea Doria of the Italian Line.

It became one of the most famous maritime disasters.

The bow of Stockholm struck the side of the Italian ship, which capsized and sank the following morning.

Five crew members on the Stockholm were killed instantly and sev-

Crunch time: MV Stockholm, now called Athena, enters New York harbour under its own power after colliding with Andrea Doria off the coast of the US in 1956.

eral more were trapped in the wrecked bow. A number of ships provided assistance, which averted a massive loss of life like that suffered by the Titanic more than 40 years earlier.

Despite having sunk about a metre, the crippled Stockholm helped in the rescue and ended up carrying 327 passengers and 245 crew members from

Andrea Doria. Stockholm sailed to New York City under her own power.

The crushed bow was repaired at a cost of US$1 million.

Stockholm was sold to the East German government in 1960 and was operated as an ocean liner until 1985 when it was sold to a Panamanian company.

She was sold again in 1989 to an Italian company, which rebuilt her from the waterline in a modern cruise ship design.

When she arrived at Genoa, the home port of the ill-fated Andrea Doria, the Italian press dubbed her the “ship of death” (La nave della morte).

She sailed on cruises to Cuba and

was laid up there in 2001.

The ship was renamed Athena in 2005 and is registered in Portugal.

On 3 December 2008, it was reported Athena had been attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia.

Australian passengers reported that the crew prevented pirates from boarding by firing high pressure water cannons at them.

Classic International Cruises denied the pirates report and said the boats surrounding the ship were fishermen.

The company’s website says Athena was “virtually stripped to her hull and reconstructed at an amazing cost of $US150 million and restored as a beautiful … contemporary cruise ship”.

“In contrast to the present generation of super liners, Athena offers a memorable cruising experience which combines luxury with the warmth and intimacy of a vessel carrying no more than 600 passengers.”

Watching Athena slice through choppy waters off Sorrento from just a few hundred metres away was a thrill.

Sorrento master mariner Andrew Mackinnon, who regularly contributes maritime photos to The News, took the top image of the ship from his couta boat.

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For years I genuinely thought I might be related to Luke Skywalker because in the 1970s we both had the same haircut.

However, I also have another, perhaps less shocking, confession to make – I have become addicted to a television show.

Not just any old show, either, but a piece of indisputable and unspeakable trash.

Alert both your eyes and your nostrils as you will surely need to look down your nose in my general direction very shortly.

I, however, could not possibly care less, even if there was a prize for doing so. You can keep your BBC period dramas, esoteric quiz shows and even your reality based programs in which people compete for some dubious title by being the least objectionable person, for I have found something far, far better.

Television is often referred to as “chewing gum for the eyes”.

That would not describe this particular program. No, siree; this is more a case of chewing tobacco for the eyes. The resulting spittle would then be projected from the side of the mouth both with a perfect insouciance and a deadly accuracy. Few shows can claim as much.

The program is called Swamp People. Unlike so many of today’s television shows, it deliv-

ers exactly what it promises.

I’m not sure that MasterChef really produces a “master chef” and I’m almost certain that The Block does not result in a block.

But I’m willing to bet my entire collection of overalls that when you watch Swamp People what you get is “swamp people” and plenty of them.

That between them they do not possess a full head of teeth is beside the point. In addition to its high-handed approach to dentistry, it holds a unique place in the television firmament in that it is one of the first television shows shot in English that still requires subtitles.

The concept, such as it is, is brilliant in terms of its sim-

plicity. Take one camera crew and have them follow someone whose wife and cousin might be the same person. Entertainment ensues.

Mostly this is in the form of watching people go about their ordinary work day. While for you and I an ordinary work day may involve writing a letter or answering a phone call, for swamp people it consists of getting into a boat that may well be constructed from recycled soft drink cans and hooning around the Louisiana swamplands looking for ‘gators.

Gators (or, as they are known in English, alligators) dominate Swamp People. For a short pe-

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riod of time each year, locals are permitted to hunt gators.

There’s a tidy profit to be made by selling them for skin and meat.

These short few weeks result in an absolute hillbilly frenzy in which people try and make as much money as possible in the short period of time available to them.

To say they do so with a blatant disregard for safety assumes they are aware enough of safety to disregard it in the first place. This was best exemplified in one episode where a man was determined to catch a snake, but was unsure whether the reptile was poisonous.

While this uncertainty would

prove a deterrent to most people, swamp people are made of sterner stuff and the man persisted.

The snake made its feelings known by biting the man.

Having dispatched the snake, the man then stared at the puncture marks on his arm and waited for any ill effects. This, he reasoned, would inform him as to whether or not the creature was venomous.

Had his arm not been in a state of paralysis at the time, this would surely be a case of throwing caution to the wind.

Short of being sent to a war zone, the Louisiana swamplands must be the most dangerous place on earth.

Huntin’ gators consists of putting bait on some heavy duty fishing wire and leaving it. You then return in a rickety piece of floating tin. If you find that a gator has taken the bait (which is usually a piece of chicken, if not a chicken in its entirety), you then attempt to pull it into the boat.

The gator doesn’t like this very much and resists. As would you and I. There are some obvious risks in this. The first is that the gator may succeed in pulling you into the water, where it has a palpable advantage. The second is that you may, in fact, succeed in hauling the reptile into the boat and then have to contend with the fact you’ve

now got a 500-kilo handbag in its pre-manufactured state with a mouth full of razor sharp teeth inside your dinghy.

When the creature is so close that you could brush its teeth, swamp people then produce a firearm of some description and shoot.

When a gator is sent from this world to the next, it prompts scenes of unbridled joy. The swamp people – who invariably have names like Bubba, Hound-Dog and Junior – say things such as, “Done got good not nuffin walla kazoo” and the equally incomprehensible “Golly gee wiz bang a fruity pie, wobble kazaam!”

At this point the person responsible for producing the subtitles surrenders and quietly leaves the booth for a cup of tea.

I’m not sure why Swamp People so appeals to me.

Whether it’s the danger, the flouting of dental conventions or, indeed, the promise of gators, I couldn’t be more hooked if I swallowed a whole chicken dangling from a fishing line in Louisiana.

Such is my devotion that immediately after viewing I start speaking like a swamp person.

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Unusual juxtapositions a Sowersby motif SEAFORD artist Tony Sowersby has again entered controversial paintings in the Bald Archy Prize, the satirical portraiture contest that spoofs the Archibald Prize.

Sowersby has won the People’s Choice award three times – in 1998, 2004 and 2005 with The Cardinal with his Abbott, a portrait of Cardinal George Pell and Tony Abbott.

His 2012 entries are Andrew and Usain Bolt – Brothers Under the Skin (below) and Macpherson and the Murdochs – A Marriage of Connivance (right).

The Bald Archy Prize was created in 1994 and attracts artists of all standards and styles.

It encourages portraits ranging from hilarious to vulgar.

Winning subjects have included Kerry Packer, Amanda Vanstone,

Edmund Capon, Shane Warne, Dame Edna Everage, John Howard and Pauline Hanson, Robbie and Gai Waterhouse, Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Kennett, and Ian Thorpe.

The comic portraits will be shown in Canberra before being taken on tour in eastern Australia including Melbourne.

An art critic wrote last year: “The satirical side of this event has its basis in the irreverent, larrikin Australian comic comment, with great appeal to people from all walks of life, the reason why the exhibition of finalists keeps breaking attendance records wherever it is shown.”

Sowersby’s artist statements, which accompany the works, are: Andrew and Usain Bolt “I am sure that Andrew Bolt, the News Ltd columnist, and his distant relative, Usain, the fastest human ever, would have posed for me like this if I had asked them “That would have put aside permanently the notion, which has taken hold unfathomably among a tiny minority of Andrew’s readers, of white supremacy.

“So, without the real Bolts in front of me, I tried to copy their most obvious qualities in my arts practice.

Like Usain, I trained really hard and, like Andrew, I did absolutely no research.

“A special thank you goes to Tony Abbott for the loan of the budgie smugglers.”

Macpherson and the Murdochs “Elle Macpherson was just one of many celebrities and others who had their phones hacked by the Murdochs’

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Tribute to a great Scott THE story of rock icon and AC/DC frontman Bon Scott, Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be, will be staged at the Frankston Arts Centre for one night on Saturday 3 March.

Rock musician Nick Barker, known for his raw and intimately connected performances, tells the story of Scott and his rise to fame with AC/DC, interspersed with the singer’s hit songs.

Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be – The Story of Bon Scott is directed by Rockwiz’s Brian Nankervis, hailed as a living musical encyclopaedia.

Writer Andrew Barker’s credits include producer of The Man in Black and The Ultimate Rock N Roll Jam Session.

Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be follows Scott’s life from Scotland to Australia, through his hellraising teenage years and the bands that came before AC/DC – the Spektors, the Valentines and Fraternity.

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The band’s next album, Back in Black, was released as a tribute to Scott, becoming rock’s second-best selling album.

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“Scott is an Australian icon as much as Ned Kelly. We’re doing his show with the humility and truth that it deserves.”

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“The story of the rise of AC/DC is in everyone’s memory as if we were all there; riding high through the middle of Melbourne in the 1970s, singing the story of life on the road, of dreams and broken promises, of the long way to the top.

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Fun in the sun at footy day Story and photos by Andrew Hurst THE family fun day on Sunday was a great success for Hastings Junior Football Club.

The sun came out, the temperature was not too hot due to a breeze.

People brought their chairs, wore favourite AFL jumpers and mums, dads, brothers, sisters and siblings got involved in many activities, including several kids versus parents matches.

Between matches were activities such as an egg and spoon race, three-legged race, a dressup event followed by some foot races and long kicking events. There were raffles, a free sausage sizzle and drinks, four cars washed by the committee hula guys, face painting and a lot of catching up by new and past players.

The club would like to thank Caitlyn, Jade, Kelvin, Trevor Grant, Lisa Salerno, the committee members and everyone who turned up to participate and watch.

There were a lot of enquiries, which is great for the club leading into the start of the 2012 season.

Coming events include a Twenty20 match on Friday 24 February from 5pm at the Hastings Football Ground with the footy club tackling the cricket club. On Saturday 25 February, the club will take part in the Western Port Festival street parade and after the parade there will be a registration session on the foreshore.

Ther club is providing training jumpers with each registration this year, as long as you are paid by the first round.

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Shock over Helybut ruling

By Greg Bradshaw A DECISION by the MPCA senior pennant committee has shocked Hastings Cricket Club.

The club has been told recruit Danny Helybut is a four-point player, not a three-point player as the club thought.

The decision comes after eight rounds of cricket, which means Hastings has played an ineligible player in six of the eight rounds, and 66 match points have been deducted, dropping the First XI from equal fifth on the ladder, just four points out of the top four, to last.

The club has appealed to the MPCA board.

If the appeal is unsuccessful, Hastings will call an extraordinary meeting of all clubs.

It’s amazing the discussion from other club officials the decision has generated, with most believing the league’s reasoning is incorrect.

Hastings Firsts v Sorrento: Hastings 10/240, Josh Trevitt 64, Luke Hewitt 62 and Tim Birch 53.

Sorrento batted on the weekend knowing they would have to bat well to pass Hastings’ total. They began poorly with Issy Dias bowling the opener in the first over with the score at 1/0. He and Carey Sa-

wozs made scoring difficult with some tight bowling.

Hewitt took the next wicket, 2/31, before Birch was introduced into the attack with devastating effect; he ripped through the middle order to leave Sorrento in tatters, 7/68 at tea and with Birch’s figures of 13 overs 5/20. After the break the tail put up some resistance, but Sorrento were bowled out for 103, Birch finishing with 6/24 off 19 overs, Hewitt 2/39 off 20 and Dias 2/18 off 9. This was a good performance and made it three wins on the trot.

The last two games against Heatherhill and Baxter are must wins, either to make the finals or not be relegated.

Seconds v Sorrento: Sorrento 9/232, Jake Ryan 3/38, Steve Thomson 2/21 and Craig McNamara 2/33.

Hastings began in a positive manner with Matt Sawosz 15 and Andrew Brady 15 getting away to a good start. Then Dylan Ryan 15 and McNamara 49 combined for a 63run partnership before three wickets fell in quick succession, 5/100.

Jason Slocombe and Geoff Assaw took the score to 5/124 when the heavens opened and play was washed out for the day, resulting in a drawn result.

Thirds v Red Hill: Red Hill bat-

ted first, with three early wickets falling, 3/35 in the 17th over. The next pair batted extremely well, putting on a 144-run partnership to have Red Hill finish with 5/179 off 40 overs.

Kevin Watson bowled well, taking 3/41 off 10, and Marsh taking 2/33 off 7 overs.

Hastings began its run chase steadily with Pat Foy continuing his good form with a handy 50 and Lee Attard 18 in a 70-run opening partnership.

Runs flowed, but not as easily as wanted as the run rate began to climb. Chopper White hit a crisp 27 and Jaysen Bradshaw 15 to get things close. Down to the last over, 19 runs needed to win, Glenn Jansz 23no and Matt Foy 8no tried their best but fell three runs short as Hastings finished with 7/177 to lose by two. The team still holds third place and next play second-placed Delacombe Park.

Fourths v Moorooduc: Hastings batted first, getting off to a flier, 1/40 after 6 overs with Greg Bradshaw making 22. Runs dried up and wickets fell at regular intervals from this point. David Hull made 28, 4/66, then Jason Kestle 51 and Jason Manby 38 got things moving again, 6/160. The tail wagged a little

with Daniel Lehmann 20no taking the score to 10/194 off 35 overs.

Moorooduc began poorly against some excellent swing bowling from Lehmann 3/10 and Shaun Manby 1/8, 4/21 after 10 overs. Never in the hunt from this point, Moorooduc scrambled to make 10/129 in 37 overs, well short of the Hastings total. Kestle took 2/22, Colin McVeigh 1/16 and Hull 1/16 to have the team still undefeated and on top of the ladder.

Under-15s v Crib Point: Crib Point batted first, amassing 8/98 off its 45 overs on a very slow ground.

Brodie Prestage was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3/6 off 6 overs, Matt Foy 1/5, Kayne Lewis 1/7, Jayden Deas 1/15, James Farrugia 1/5 and Gordon Frankel 1/7.

Under-13s v Rosebud: Hastings scored 10/82 off 38 overs. Lachie Barton 24, Corbin Overton 17 and B J Woodman 11.

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Surf boat women top the state

By Angus Mitchell MORNINGTON Life Saving Club’s under-23 female surf boat team rowed to victory in the open women’s division at the state championships in Lorne and will now represent Victoria.

The win is a coup for a team that mostly trains on the flatter waters of Port Phillip, a club spokesman said.

The national titles are at Stockton, near Newcastle in NSW this weekend (10-12 February).

The crew of Simone Scheutz, 22, Maddee Kaio, Lizzie Scott and Erika Ritchie, all 19, are competing in their first season together under the guidance of experienced sweep Matt Mulcahy.

Known as the Mornington Grand Cruisers after major sponsor the Grand Hotel, the crew train twice a week at Mornington, and have surfaced this season as fierce opponents in the state competition, which is hotly contested by older and more experienced surf clubs with regular access to surf.

Maddee Kaio said at Lorne, still on a high after the win: “We have a reputation now as Team Vic, and to win races is what we have to do. Today we did that.”

N The writer is a member of the club’s Boaties under-19 men’s team and a journalism student at Deakin University.

Dream team: Mornington life savers Simone Scheutz, left, Lizzie Scott, Erika Ritchie and Maddee Kaio and “sweep” Matt Mulcahy.

Paddlers dip oars for a good cause THE third annual Great Peninsula Paddle on Saturday 4 February saw hundreds of entrants take to the warm waters of Port Phillip under sunny skies to paddle their kayaks, canoes, standup boards and surf skis from Sorrento pier (pictured) to Portsea pier while supporting two worthwhile causes. All proceeds from the event were donated to Reclink Australia, which provides sporting, social and arts activities for people experiencing disadvantage, and the Portsea Surf Life Saving Club. Picture: Yanni

‘Doof ’ Mentiplay one of our colourful characters IT is amazing how multiple generations of families have been associated with the club’s history throughout the years.

The Mentiplays, for instance. Dave, Sandy, Jim (“Brummy”) and George (“Puddney”) were all playing with the Blues during the early 1900s.

Les and Ray (“Duck”) were the next generation to take their places in the side.

They were two of the most naturally talented footballers ever seen on the peninsula and played many brilliant games for Hastings.

Later on Ralph (“Doof”) also represented the family at the club, and now we have a Mentiplay in the juniors.

In a previous edition I mentioned Doof’s Indian motorcycle and sidecar act down the main street one Friday

evening, but to my knowledge he only played one game with the Blues.

Being short of players one Saturday, Doof, who was secretary at the time, agreed to take the field.

Fred Smith, who weighed all of 15 stone, had a spare pair of shorts that Doof tied around his waist with a bootlace. Even then the legs came down at least six inches [15cm] below his knees. There were no spare socks so a pair of patent leather dancing pumps and a sleeveless jumper completed the outfit.

The effect had to be seen to be believed. Two skinny white arms and two skinnier white legs, one a couple of inches shorter than the other, completed the picture. He looked for all the world like a lame version of the Road Runner.

I don’t think he ever got near enough to the ball to get dirty, but that did not prevent his forced “shower” in the creek after the game.

During his term as secretary, Doof decided to do a bit of farming; he was going to make his fortune growing pumpkins on his uncle Puddney’s block of land.

All the boys helped him to build a shack on the property. The day he moved in I went down about teatime to see how he was going. He and his

cousin Les, who was going to stay a few days, were eating their tea out in the paddock about 100 yards from the hut.

Tea was a blackened chop in one hand and a slice of bread in the other.

They could not get any closer to the hut as smoke was billowing out of the door and the walls: in fact the only place where there was no smoke coming out was the chimney. This was due to the fact that one of their “helpers” had stuffed a bag down the flue.

Doof’s next big venture was into the “matrimonial business”. He and his wife opened a milk bar and billiard saloon across the street from the pub.

Married bliss became hectic at times for Doof. I can remember one evening when the peace of the community was

suddenly shattered when Doof came hopping across the road to the pub in his summer gear of athletic singlet and shorts.

He was telling all of Hastings that he was being murdered and it certainly looked like it; he’d had an argument with Margaret and she had hit him over the head with the first thing that she could get hold of, which happened to be a jug of milk. There was blood and milk all over him.

Doof was one of the greatest characters this club has ever seen. His pie night version of “the one-armed fiddler” was more than enough to convince anyone of that.

From Blue Power 1979, edition 10 (written by the late Norm Francis).

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